Sock Knitting Patterns

From easy sock knitting patterns to more challenging designs, our collection of sock patterns will keep your toes warm and your knitting needles occupied!
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The Sugar Plum Socks are a treat of a project. These socks are worked in the round from the toe up in wool-and-nylon sock yarn. The chevron shaping creates a naturally pointed toe, and the mirrored increases and decreases on the sole ensure that the sock lies flat. The pattern includes a sidebar explaining the Icelandic bind-off method. Find the pattern here: Knitting Daily, Knitting Help, Knitting Gift, Knitting Stitches, Knitting Socks, Easy Knitting Patterns Free, Sock Patterns, Knitted Teddy Bear, Knitting Techniques
Sugar Plum Socks Knit Pattern Download
The Sugar Plum Socks are a treat of a project. These socks are worked in the round from the toe up in wool-and-nylon sock yarn. The chevron shaping creates a naturally pointed toe, and the mirrored increases and decreases on the sole ensure that the sock lies flat. The pattern includes a sidebar explaining the Icelandic bind-off method. Find the pattern here:
Intarsia is a method for working blocks of color without carrying the unused color(s) across the back of the work. These Cube Socks from "knitscene" are fun and funky socks that use a set of mini-skeins and #intarsia to create blocks of color. Learn more about intarsia in the round in this recent blog: Crochet Weaves, Knit Crochet, Funky Socks, Mini Skein, Pink Yarn, Slip Stitch, Pattern Download
Intarsia in the Round: The Cube Socks
Intarsia is a method for working blocks of color without carrying the unused color(s) across the back of the work. These Cube Socks from "knitscene" are fun and funky socks that use a set of mini-skeins and #intarsia to create blocks of color. Learn more about intarsia in the round in this recent blog:
Traditional Turkish socks are a challenging and rewarding project for seasoned knitters. Lace Knitting, Knit Patterns, Knitting Ideas, Knit Socks, Knitted Bags, Knitted Scarf, Traditional Socks
Traditional Turkish socks are a challenging and rewarding project for seasoned knitters.
These knitted lace stockings were created by Nancy Bush, based on a Victorian knitting pattern in Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 15, published in London in 1900. Knitting & Crochet, Knitted, Vintage Knitting Patterns, Pattern Ideas, Knitting Projects
Nancy’s Knitted Stockings for a Young Lady
These knitted lace stockings were created by Nancy Bush, based on a Victorian knitting pattern in Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 15, published in London in 1900.
Anne Berk’s re-created Gordon Highlander intarsia sock knitting pattern is a great way to practice intarisa in the round! Knitting Designs, Crochet Patterns, Argyle Socks, Piecework
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Anne Berk’s re-created Gordon Highlander intarsia sock knitting pattern is a great way to practice intarisa in the round!
Inspiration for a sock knitting pattern can be found just about anywhere, including in the pages of a popular book. Designer Heatherly Walker found the creative seed for this pair of striped socks in a passage from the Outlander book series by Diana Gablaldon. Striped Stockings, Outlander Patterns, Yellow Slippers, Outlander Book Series, 18th Century Clothing
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Inspiration for a sock knitting pattern can be found just about anywhere, including in the pages of a popular book. Designer Heatherly Walker found the creative seed for this pair of striped socks in a passage from the Outlander book series by Diana Gablaldon.
January/February 2012 was PieceWork’s “Victorian Knitting Challenge” issue. We offered complete instructions for an 1845 stocking knitting pattern, worded exactly as they appeared in the original, with no illustration of the stocking and no information on yarn, needle size, or gauge in characteristic Victorian style. Knitting Books, Three Needle, Knit Stockings, Needles Sizes, Knitting Needles, Knitters
A Victorian Knitted Stocking Challenge
January/February 2012 was PieceWork’s “Victorian Knitting Challenge” issue. We offered complete instructions for an 1845 stocking knitting pattern, worded exactly as they appeared in the original, with no illustration of the stocking and no information on yarn, needle size, or gauge in characteristic Victorian style.
Maybe you like to use every yard of sock yarn. Perhaps you want to try on your socks as you go. Or it could be that Kitchener stitch gives you hives. There are plenty of reasons to knit toe-up socks. Try one of these four toe-up sock cast-on methods and find your favorite fit. We'll look at the Turkish/Eastern Toe, the Square Toe, and the Short-Row Toe. Knitting Patterns Free Beginner, Knitting Instructions, Easy Knitting, Loom Knitting
Socktoberfest: 4 Ways to Cast-on Toe-Up Socks
Maybe you like to use every yard of sock yarn. Perhaps you want to try on your socks as you go. Or it could be that Kitchener stitch gives you hives. There are plenty of reasons to knit toe-up socks. Try one of these four toe-up sock cast-on methods and find your favorite fit. We'll look at the Turkish/Eastern Toe, the Square Toe, and the Short-Row Toe.
Mindy Dickler, granddaughter of Rose and William Sneider, who owned The Yarn Shop in Asbury Park, New Jersey, shared the introduction below to go with the Operation Kid Knit sock pattern Rose designed for the Ladies’ Home Journal. We asked Judy Alexander to use the pattern, reproduced as it appeared in the original, to knit the spiral socks shown here. Knitting For Kids, Sock Lovers, Asbury Park, Yarn Shop, Mindy, Granddaughter
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Mindy Dickler, granddaughter of Rose and William Sneider, who owned The Yarn Shop in Asbury Park, New Jersey, shared the introduction below to go with the Operation Kid Knit sock pattern Rose designed for the Ladies’ Home Journal. We asked Judy Alexander to use the pattern, reproduced as it appeared in the original, to knit the spiral socks shown here.
Chris Laning’s reproduction of handknit stockings are based on instructions in Natura Exenterata, published in London in 1655. Learn more about the original socks, and the adaptation, on the blog! Love Knitting Patterns, Hand Knitting, Double Pointed Needles, Finger Weights
A Pair of Knitted Stockings from 1655
Chris Laning’s reproduction of handknit stockings are based on instructions in Natura Exenterata, published in London in 1655. Learn more about the original socks, and the adaptation, on the blog!
This colorwork sock knitting pattern is based on a very fancy Armenian wedding sock from the mid-19th century. The leg is wildly colorful with floral and geometric pattern bands, the instep framed with a wide fancy border, and the sole is covered in rows of tiny red birds. The effusive design work, the meticulous execution, the sheer whimsy of this handknit sock will live on in your dreams. Crochet Socks, Knitted Slippers, Knitting Tutorials
Priscilla's Armenian Socks
This colorwork sock knitting pattern is based on a very fancy Armenian wedding sock from the mid-19th century. The leg is wildly colorful with floral and geometric pattern bands, the instep framed with a wide fancy border, and the sole is covered in rows of tiny red birds. The effusive design work, the meticulous execution, the sheer whimsy of this handknit sock will live on in your dreams.
Nancy Bush’s Egyptian Socks were inspired by a pair of traditional blue-and-white Islamic stockings now in the collection of The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. The style of these colorwork socks is typical of Islamic footwear of the 15th to 16th centuries, but updated for modern knitters. Free Knitting, Hand Knit Socks, Wool Socks
Egyptian Socks to Knit
Nancy Bush’s Egyptian Socks were inspired by a pair of traditional blue-and-white Islamic stockings now in the collection of The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. The style of these colorwork socks is typical of Islamic footwear of the 15th to 16th centuries, but updated for modern knitters.
"Agnes and Her Silk Stockings" is a portion of my novel called Secrets in the Lace, in which Agnes is the main character. After writing the story and taking a workshop with master knitter Nancy Bush, I decided to knit Agnes’s stockings. The delicate stockings, knitted in a blend of silk and wool, will be perfect for a bride to wear on her special day. They include two garters above the knee, one with elastic and ribbon to secure the stocking, the other with ribbon alone. Lace Socks, Stockings Outfit
Lace Stockings: Agnes’s Silk Stockings to Knit
"Agnes and Her Silk Stockings" is a portion of my novel called Secrets in the Lace, in which Agnes is the main character. After writing the story and taking a workshop with master knitter Nancy Bush, I decided to knit Agnes’s stockings. The delicate stockings, knitted in a blend of silk and wool, will be perfect for a bride to wear on her special day. They include two garters above the knee, one with elastic and ribbon to secure the stocking, the other with ribbon alone.
Jacqueline Fee recounts how she came to knit the Brewster socks, which were based on an original knitted sock that was brought to her attention by her daughter. Here’s Jacqueline with more on “THE Brewster Stocking." Kongsberg, Brewster, Purl, Handspun
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Jacqueline Fee recounts how she came to knit the Brewster socks, which were based on an original knitted sock that was brought to her attention by her daughter. Here’s Jacqueline with more on “THE Brewster Stocking."