Soft and Warm – Hand knitted socks are a real treat for your feet.  Follow my simple free sock knitting pattern and learn how to knit your own chunky boot socks in children’s and ladies sizes. Just perfect for winter hikes and gifting.

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Materials

This pair is knitted from traditional Nordic sock yarn from Jarbo. It’s called Raggi and contains 70% wool and 30% polyamide.

I use 3.25mm double pointed needles for the main sock knitting and 3mm double pointed needles for the cuffs. You could use the magic loop method with this knitting pattern, personally I prefer to use double pointed needles but it’s totally up to you.

This is a pretty hefty downsizing from the 4 – 5mm needles recommended. I’ve found that dropping a needle size or two makes my socks more hardwearing.

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Free Sock Knitting Pattern

This knitting pattern includes three sizes. The larger sizes are shown in brackets. You might find it helpful to highlight or circle the size you’d like to make before starting to knit.

UK Shoe size 8-12 / Small Child, 1-3 Large Child, 4-7 Ladies

Knitting the Sock Cuff

Start with 3mm needles.

Using the Long Tail method cast on 48 (48, 60) stitches and divide them over three needles, 16 (16, 20) on each needle

Knit in the round Knit 2 Purl 2 rib for 3 (5, 5) cm

Knitting the Sock Leg

Change to 3.25mm needles.

Knit in the round Knit 2 Purl 2 rib until sock measures 18cm (20cm, 22cm)

Knitting the Sock Heel

Separate 24 (24, 30) stitches for the heel

Work in Heel Stitch until heel is square – Knit 1, Slip 1 Purl wise. Purl on wrong side.

Slip 1, Heel Stitch 15 (15, 19), SSK, Turn

Slip 1, Purl 7 (7, 10), P2Tog, Turn

Slip 1, Heel Stitch 7 (7, 10), SSK, Turn

Repeat the last two rows until 8 (8, 12) stitches remain. Ending with a knit row

Pick up and knit an equal number of slipped stitches along each side of heel.

Split heel stitches equally across two needles.

Knitting the Sock Instep

Row 1 Knit – knit heel stitches, Knit 2 Purl 2 rib across foot top

Row 2, Needle 1 – K to last 3 st, SSK, K1

Row 2, Needle 2 – Knit 2 Purl 2 rib across foot top

Row 2, Needle 3 – K, K2Tog, K to end

Repeat these 2 rows until 48 (48, 60) stitches remain

Knitting the Sock Foot

Knit until foot measures 14cm (17cm, 20cm)

Knitting the Sock Toe

Row 1, Needle 1 – K to last 3 st, SSK, K1

Row 1, Needle 2 – K1, K2Tog, K to last 3 st, SSK, K1

Row 1, Needle 3 – K, K2Tog, K to end

Row 2 – Knit across all three needles

Repeat these 2 rows until 8 (8, 10) stitches remain

Move stitches onto two needles.

Cast off in Kitchener Stitch as follows:

Set Up:

1. From the Front of your work, Purl, leaving the stitch On the needle
2. From the Back of your work, Knit, leaving the stitch On the needle

Kitchener:

1. From the Front of your work, Knit, taking the stitch Off the needle
2. From the Front of your work, Purl, leaving the stitch On the needle
3. From the Back of your work, Purl, taking the stitch Off the needle
4. From the Back of your work, Knit, leaving the stitch On the needle

Sew in The Ends

Use a knitters needle to sew in the ends of your yarn. Snip off the excess and your socks are done

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