Easy flat knit two needle socks by Hanna Gough

Easy flat knit two needle socks

Knitting
July 2021
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 38 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
383 - 437 yards (350 - 400 m)
UK 4- 11
English
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Easy flat knit two needle socks.

This is a pattern for a beginner friendly pair of socks worked flat. You can knit them on two straight needles and get all the benefits of construction that you get with socks worked in the round.

There are no heel seams, no side seams, no need for a stitch holder and no toe seams. They are worked cuff down, with an integrated square heel that requires no picking up of stitches. You simply work the short rows back and forth until you’ve shaped the heel and continue knitting to the toe, where we narrow down and use a continental drawstring finish.

The socks are seamed together up the front, which is the best place for it as it doesn’t rub as much as it would at the side or under the foot.

This is a brilliant starter pattern for sock first timers and those of you who do not want to knit with circulars or DPNs. I believe that knitters should always have a choice and never feel forced into knitting in the round if they don’t like it.

Materials:

  • 60g (70g, 90g) of 4ply sock yarn.
  • Yarn used in socks pictured is Gamer Crafting Sock 4-ply 75% Merino, 25% Nylon, 400m per 100g in ‘Pride Was A Riot’.
  • 2mm and 2.5mm needles (or size needed to obtain gauge) for working flat.
  • 4 stitch markers.
  • Darning needle.

Gauge:
32 sts and 38 rows to 10cm/4 inches in stocking stitch on larger needles.

Finished Foot/Leg Circumference:

  • Size 1: 17.5cm/7 inches

  • Size 2: 20cm/8 inches

  • Size 3: 22.5cm/9 inches

Length of leg from cuff to heel is 24cm/9.5 inches.
Foot length from back of heel to toe is 24cm/9.5 inches.