Wandering Socks

I was looking to design a fun detail to add to self-striping socks. I chose to use this fun faux cable pattern that wanders up the outside of each leg. There are instructions for both the right sock and the left sock. The chart is used by both socks. Chart and written instructions for chart found on page 3.

This pattern has instructions for both a top-down (pages 4-5) and toe-up (pages 6-7) fingering weight sock. It uses a heel flap with a square turn for the top-down and an afterthought heel for toe-up. It is worked using magic loop; N1 will be front of foot/instep/leg, and N2 will be back of foot/leg and heel.

Materials:

MC: 220-460yds/201-421m fingering weight yarn

CC1: 80-160yds/73-146m fingering weight yarn

US #1/2.25mm 32” or longer circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge

US #1.5/2.5mm 32” or longer circular needle, or 1/2 size larger than gauge needle

darning needle

2 stitch markers

Gauge:

32 sts and 44 rnds = 4”/10 cm in st st in the round on US #1/2.25mm needles

Sizes:

1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) = 48 (52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76) sts

Actual sock circumference: 6 (6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5)”/15.2 (16.5, 17.8, 19, 20.3, 21.6, 22.9, 24)cm

To Fit: 7 (7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5)”/17.8 (19, 20.3, 21.6, 22.9, 24.1, 25.4, 26.7)cm around ball of foot (Sock should fit with about 1”/2.5cm negative ease.)