Garden Path Socks by Rhonda Yerxa

Garden Path Socks

Knitting
June 2026
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 2 - 2.75 mm
277 - 290 yards (253 - 265 m)
1
English
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ABOUT
My mother-in-law’s home is a garden with a house attached. A shrine to myriad blooms of every sort, heavy with scents and birdsong. This intuitive, one-size, adjustable foot length project is just the pair of socks for walking a garden path in. A trellis of textured centre-cable crossings and small, round, posie-like cables grow down the leg and cross the top from cuff to toe, closed with a fine Kitchener stitch. These socks are a rhythmic, meditative knit. Perfect to work on and perfect to walk in. Like Natalie’s garden.

SUGGESTED YARN: Knit Picks Stroll Sock Yarn, fingering weight. Colour: Cork. 75% Fine Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Nylon. 231 yards / 211 meters per 50g skein. Approx. 277 yards / 253 meters used.

NEEDLES: 9” / 23cm short circular sized 2.25 mm / US 1 for cuff and 2.75mm / US 2 for remainder of sock. Optionally Magic Loop/dpns can be used.

NOTIONS: Tapestry needle for weaving in ends and for Kitchener stitch method, stitch markers, 2 cable needles.

GAUGE: 32 Sts x 48 rows, 10 x 10cm/4 x 4” in stockinette using 2.75mm / US 2.

ONE SIZE:
Knitted actual circumference of sock around foot, 8” / 20 cm.
Length, cuff to beginning of heel flap, 6,75” / 17 cm or to desired length.
Foot length from heel to toe, 8.5” / 22 cm or to desired length.