Tube Socks Knitting Pattern Download

Description

The purl stitch is so often overlooked as nothing more than the wrong side of knitting, but those pretty interlocking arches and wells have a grace all their own. Single-row stripes give special attention to these pretty purl rows. These socks are knitted in plump Aran-weight wool and then turned purl side out so the smooth knit stitches sit on the inside for cozy lounging. Each sock is a simple tube—no heel to turn or gusset to master, and no Kitchener stitch for the toe tip—just relaxing knit stitches (and the occasional decrease) from a ribbed cuff all the way to the bind-off.

Designer: Dawn Catanzaro
Difficulty: Easy
Yarn Weight: 4
Finished Size: About 9½ ” (24 cm) foot circumference and 18½ ” (47 cm) length to fit a U.S. women’s 8–9 shoe size, adjustable.
Specific Yarn Used:Quince & Co. Osprey (100% American wool; 170 yd [155 m]/ 3½ oz [100 g]): Audouin (natural; A), Shell (light rose; B), 1 skein each.
Needles: Size U.S. 8 (5 mm) and U.S. 6 (4 mm): set of 5 double-pointed needles (dpns). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions: Stitch marker; yarn needle.
Gauge: 15 stitches and 19 rounds = 4″ (10 cm) in stockinette stitch with larger needles.
Note:

• These socks are worked from the top down with the knit side facing, then turned purl side out.