Book Nook DK

I designed these socks to be a fun and relaxing knit, like sitting in your book nook reading a book. Enjoy your pair of cozy Book Nook DK socks, they are quite addictive.

This pattern includes instructions for both a toe-up (pg. 3-4) and top-down (pg. 5-6) fingering weight sock with a Shadow Wrap Heel. It is worked using magic loop; needle 1 will be front of foot/instep/leg, and needle 2 will be back of the foot/leg and heel.

There are 2 different charts, one for each sock (to make a symmetrical pair of socks). Feel free to work from only one chart if you prefer the socks to look identical. If you prefer to work from written instructions as opposed to a chart, work from the written instructions from either chart when pattern states to work from chart. If knitting with one color, just ignore when you are told to change to CC or MC. Also, feel free to knit CC for heel as well, just know that yardage will change for either option.

Sample knit toe-up, size 2 with 188 yds of Needles at the Ready Achilles DK ‘It’s Fall Y’all’ for MC and 46 yds of Legacy Fiber Artz DK ‘Espresso Beans’ for CC.

Materials:

MC: 50-100g/122-245 yds DK weight yarn

CC: 15-50g/37-122 yds DK weight yarn

US #2/2.75mm 32” or longer circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge

US #2.5/3mm 32” or longer circular needle, or 0.25mm larger than gauge needle

darning needle

stitch marker *(Use a removable stitch marker or a progress keeper somewhere on N1 to denote BOR, since the BOR is at the beginning of N1, a regular stitch marker will slip off your needle when using magic loop. Alternatively, you can place it one stitch in if using a regular stitch marker.)

Gauge:

26 sts and 34 rnds = 4”/10 cm in pattern in the round on US #2/2.75mm needles

24 sts and 34 rnds = 4”/10 cm in stockinette stitch in the round on US #2/2.75mm needles

Sizes:

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) = 36 (42, 48, 54, 60) sts around.

Actual sock circumference: 5.5 (6.5, 7.4, 8.3, 9.2)”/14 (16.5, 18.8, 21, 23.4) cm

To Fit: 6.5 (7.5, 8.4, 9.3, 10.2)”/16.5 (19, 21.3, 23.6, 25.9) cm around ball of foot. *(You want your sock to have about 10% negative ease around and 5% negative ease for length.)