Heather Braid Socks by Laurie Sand

Heather Braid Socks

Knitting
September 2026
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 5 - 3.75 mm
197 - 394 yards (180 - 360 m)
Small (Child), Medium (Women's), Large (Men's)
English

Asymmetric cabling creates a braid down the front of this sophisticated sock.

Techniques used: knit, purl, slipping stitches, working in the round, increase and decrease, picking up stitches, short rows, cables, chart reading, Kitchener stitch

Materials
◆◆ Lion Brand Wool-Ease medium
weight yarn, 80% acrylic, 20% wool
(3oz/85g/197yd/180m per skein):
◇◇ 11,2 skein #152 Oxford Gray
◆◆ Size US 5/3.75mm cable needle or
set of double pointed needles
◆◆ Three sliding stitch markers, one
different from the others to indicate
beginning of round (BOR)
◆◆ Tapestry needle

Sizes
Small: US women’s shoe sizes 3-6
(finished sock measurements: circumference
6.75” (17.2cm), length 7.65”
(19.43cm))
Medium: US women’s shoe sizes 7-9
(finished sock measurements: circumference
7.75” (19.7cm), length 8.5”
(21.6cm))
Large: US women’s shoe sizes 10-12
(finished sock measurements: circumference
8.75” (22.2cm), length 9.35”
(23.7cm))