SHAPES!
INTRODUCTION
These socks are great if you’re looking for:
Woohoo! A free sock pattern!
- A scrappy stash-busting sock pattern
This pattern was inspired by my partner who - Easy to memorize and addictive
requested a pair of socks with some fun colorful colorwork
shapes on it, but did not want me to purchase - Modular and customizable options
more yarn to do so…. and thus my first knitting - Ways to use up all those little bits of
pattern came to be ☺ variegated or tonal sock yarns or mini-
skeins
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NOTES MATERIALS
Yarn
CATCHING FLOATS
I like to catch my floats on the 4th stitch for any • Main Color – 50 gram ball (200 meters /
row with 7 or more consecutive stitches, just so 218 yards)
your toes don’t snag on any long floats when • Contrast A – 5 grams
you’re putting the socks on. Luckily, this pattern • Contrast B – 5 grams
only has 4 rows that require catching floats • Contrast C – 5 grams
(lines 1, 7, 18, 21 on the colorwork chart). • Contrast D – 5 grams
Brooklyn Tweed has a great instructional video: Recommended main color yarn: Any solid
youtube.com/watch?v=b9JWn5Rk_vE neutral base would work well to help your
contrast colors pop! I used exactly ½ of a 100
TENSION AND COLORWORK gram ball of West Yorkshire Spinners Signature
4ply for a pair of large socks.
I tend to be a pretty loose knitter. If you are a
tight knitter, I would increase up a needle size Recommended contrast colors: Whatever small
(US 1 – 2.5mm needles) during the colorwork color bits you have in your stash! Make sure
sections to make sure your socks have enough they are actually sock yarns with some nylon
give to get your heel through. content.
SHORT ROW HEELS Another option is to simply do all the shapes
with a single contrast color, which has the added
While short row heels are not my personal bonus of reducing the number of ends you will
favorite, I think they are incredibly useful for need to weave in at the end.
colorwork socks like this.
Needles
A helpful video for all you audio-visual learners
on short row heels from Suzanne Bryan: • US 1 (2.25mm) needles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZahZE4GRE • US 1.5 (2.5mm) needles (optional)
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Notions
WEAVING IN ENDS
• 2 Stitch markers
I am notoriously bad at weaving in ends. I will • Tapestry needle
often trap my floats at the end of each • Colorwork Strander (optional)
colorwork section to minimize the need to
weave them in afterwards, because let me warn Gauge: 16 stitches x 20 rows = 2” by 2” blocked
you there are a lot of ends to weave in on this
Size: S, (M, L)
one.
I recommend sizing up if in between sizes
One thing I do is use the floats on the wrong side
• Small (6.5 – 7.5” foot circumference)
to do a little basket weave which also secures
the ends in place while maintaining some • Medium (7.5 – 8.5” foot circumference)
stretch. • Large (8.5 – 10” foot circumference)
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Abbreviations: PATTERN
• CO: cast on This pattern is worked cuff-down with a basic
• K: knit construction process starting with the Cuff and
• P: knit then working through the Leg, Short Row Heel,
• WT: wrap & turn (slip next stitch with Foot, and Toe.
yarn in front, place back on the left
needle and turn work with yarn in front) If you are a toe-up knitter, the pattern should be
• RS: Right Side relatively simple to reverse as desired.
• WS: Wrong Side
• PM/SM: place marker, slip marker
CUFF
CO 56, (64, 72) with long tail cast on (or your
favorite stretchy cast-on of choice)
Round 1: Join in the round and [k2, p2] to the
end of the round
Repeat Round 1 19 more times (20 rounds total)
or until desired cuff length.
LEG
Recommended: See note on tension and
colorwork
Recommended: See note on catching floats
Set up round: k to the end of the round.
Rounds 1 – 29: Work colorwork Chart on page 5,
repeating the Section Repeat 7, (8, 9) times
total each round.
Hold contrast colors (CC) dominant for all
colorwork sections.
To increase the length of the leg, repeat the
colorwork chart stopping at the desired length
at a Colorwork Divider line.
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SHORT ROW HEEL Increasing Short Rows
Recommended: See note on short row heel Row 1 (RS): K 18, (21, 24) stitches to second
marker resolving the remaining wrapped
You will be working your short row heel flat on stitches as you go, SM, WT
the first half the of the stitches 28, (32, 36)
working stitches. Leave the remaining 28, (32, Row 2 (WS): SM, purl 8, (10, 12) stitches to first
36) stitches on hold. marker, SM, WT
Divide the working stitches and PM to separate
out the short row stitches from the heel center
Row 3 (RS): K until you reach the wrapped stitch,
as follows in Row 1 of the Decreasing Short Rows
resolve the wrapped stitch, WT
section below:
Row 4 (WS): P until you reach the wrapped
S: 10 – 8 – 10 stitches
stitch, resolve the wrapped stitch, WT
M: 11 – 10 – 11 stitches
L: 12 – 12 – 12 stitches
Repeat Rows 3-4 8, (9, 10) more times or until
there are no more unworked stitches.
Decreasing Short Rows On the last row remove remaining stitch
markers.
Row 1 (RS): K to 1 stitch before the end of the
row, WT.
Row 2 (WS): P to 1 stitch before the end of the FOOT
row, WT
You will be knitting back in the round from here
Row 3 (RS): K to 1 stitch before the last wrapped on out!
stitch, WT
Resume the colorwork chart and repeat as
Row 4 (WS): P to 1 stitch before the last necessary, stopping at a Colorwork Divider line
wrapped stitch, WT when you reach the desired foot length, or
Repeat Rows 3-4 8, (9, 10) more times. You approximately 1.5”, (1.75”, 2”) short from the
should have wrapped and turned all stitches final length of the sock.
except the stitches between the markers. After
the last WT, you should be on the RS 10, (11, 12)
stitches in after the beginning of round.
Resolve Round: Continue to K the next 46, (53,
60) to the end of the round, resolving all
wrapped stitches as you go.
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TOE
The following is a pattern for a rounded-toe, but
feel free to replace with your favorite toe
construction.
Rounds 1-2: K to the end of the of the round
Decreasing section 1:
Round 3: *K1, k2tog, k until 3 stitches on the
first half, ssk, K1* Repeat from * to * one more
time on the second half the stitches. Decrease 4
stitches.
Round 4: K to the end of the round
Repeat Rounds 3-4 until there are 32, (40, 48)
stitches remaining.
Decreasing section 2:
Repeat Round 3 until there are 16, (20, 24)
stitches left
Cut yarn leaving a 12 inch tail
Kitchener stitch to finish the toe
• Front Needle: knit off, purl on
• Back Needle: knit on, purl off
Optional: See note on weaving in ends
CONGRATS - YOU’RE ALL DONE! ☺
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