Gwynedd Walking Socks by Nancy Bush

Gwynedd Walking Socks

Knitting
August 1995
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
15 stitches and 21 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch, before blocking
US 0 - 2.0 mm
US 1 - 2.25 mm
325 - 400 yards (297 - 366 m)
one size
English

Note: You will only need one size of needles, the size that will give you gauge. The recommended sizes are the two sizes that Nancy used with the wool yarn from a small Welsh mill. Cables, colorwork and ribbing combine to make a pair of socks that will be right at home on your walking tour of Wales.

Yarn Requirements:

  • 4 ozs. (260 yds.) Main color
  • 1 oz. (65 yds.) Contrast color