Alexandra Tall Socks by Pam Allen

Alexandra Tall Socks

Knitting
December 2014
Sport (12 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
in fisherman's rib
US 6 - 4.0 mm
450 yards (411 m)
10" [25.5 cm] calf circumference and 8" [20.5 cm] foot circumference, to fit up to 13" [33 cm] calf and women’s size 7½-9½ foot
English
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Shown on women’s size US 8

yarn
chickadee
3 skeins kumlien’s gull 152 (MC)
1 skein bird’s egg 106 (CC)

needles
two 24” circulars in size US 6 / 4 mm

notes
Socks are knitted in the round from the cuff to the toe. Calf is shaped using decreases in pattern and the shallow heel employs Japanese short rows.

skills required
Long-tail cast on, working in the round, japanese short rows, increasing, decreasing.