Honeycomb Socks by M. Testerman

Honeycomb Socks

Knitting
September 2012
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
8 stitches and 10 rows = 1 inch
in stockinette
US 1 - 2.25 mm
236 - 516 yards (216 - 472 m)
6 ½” (7 ½, 8, 9, 9 ¾)” / 16.5 (19, 2-.5, 23, 25) cm
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This is a wonderfully cushy, elastic sock with an easy cable pattern that produces interlocking hexagons reminiscent of a honeycomb. I would recommend any fingering weight sock yarn in a solid or slightly variegated color to let the texture take center stage.

Materials
350 yds / 320 m Fingering weight yarn
2 skeins Claudia Hand Painted Yarns Addiction (100% Merino; 175 yds / 50g) in Honey

Gauge
32 stitches per inch 24 rows = 4” / 10 cm

Needles
US 1 / 2.25mm Double-Pointed Needles (DPNs)

Sizes
6 ½” (7 ½, 8, 9, 9 ¾)” / 16.5 (19, 2-.5, 23, 25) cm circumference around the widest part of the foot
Child Medium (Child Large, Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large)
Recommended foot length: 7 (8 ¼, 9 ½, 10 ¼, 11)” / 18 (21, 24, 26, 29) cm