All Tomato Socks by Fox & Fleece

All Tomato Socks

Knitting
August 2025
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
8.5 stitches and 9 rows = 1 inch
in colorwork in the round. 9 stitches and 12 rows = 1 inch in stockinette in the round
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
250 - 350 yards (229 - 320 m)
1, 2, 3
English
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I’m giving you an All Tomato, meaning you give me the whole tomato or else.
—Troy Barnes, Community (S03E14)

These socks are worked from the cuff down. They feature colorwork throughout, usually holding two strands of yarn, although some rounds require you to hold three. The cuff is worked in 2x2 rib. Colorwork starts on the leg, and waste yarn is placed for a forethought/afterthought heel prior to starting the foot. Stitches are decreased for the toe and closed using Kitchener stitch. Waste yarn is removed and live stitches are picked back up for the heel, which is worked similarly to the toe.

Sizing
1 (2, 3) to fit a foot circumference of approx. 8 (9, 10) in/20–21 (22–23, 24–25) cm. Recommended negative ease of .25–1 in/.5–2.5 cm

Sample is shown in Size 2 to fit women’s US 9.5 (EU 40, UK 7.5), with a foot circumference of 9 in/22.5 cm

Gauge
8.5 sts x 9 rows = 1 in/2.5 cm colorwork in the round, on larger needles, blocked

9 sts x 12 rows = 1 in/2.5 cm stockinette and rib in the round, on smaller needles, blocked

Materials
Yarn

Any fingering weight sock yarn that meets gauge. You will need approx. 30 g/131 yds (120 m) MC, 30 g/131 yds (120 m) CC1, 20 g/88 yds (80 m) CC2.

Sample shown in:
Cascade Yarns Heritage, 75% superwash merino, 25% nylon, 437 yds (400 m) = 100 g
MC: 5798 Eucalyptus
CC1: 5642 Blood Orange
CC2: 5612 Moss

Needles
For cuff, heel, and toe:
US 1/2.25 mm needle in preferred format for small-circumference knitting (e.g. DPNs, magic loop, tiny circular, etc.), or size needed to obtain gauge

For colorwork: US 1.5/2.5 mm needle in preferred format for small-circumference knitting, or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions
Stitch markers
Waste yarn in similar weight to project yarn
Scissors
Ruler/measuring tape
Tapestry needle


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