This Pattern is Retired…but you can (probably) get it in November

I have a lot of patterns! But I also get overwhelmed if I have to deal with them all at once. So I’ve picked 12 of my favorites (the Core Collection) to keep around. Then every few months, I decide on a theme or a technique and make a handful of related patterns (the Rotating Collection) available for a little while (then they go away again).

The other patterns are retired and are not generally available. However, because I know some folks will want them, I make many of the retired patterns available for a few weeks every November. If you want me to tell you when they’re back, subscribe to the mailing list or patreon, and I’ll let you know!

• If you see the buy buttons on this page, you’ve caught it on one of the days it’s available!
• If you don’t see the buy buttons on this page, it’s not currently available.
• If you want to hear when the retired patterns are available (most likely in November), subscribe to the mailing list or patreon, or keep an eye on my instagram.

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Ribbing, stockinette, and the occasional increase or decrease…that’s all that’s going on here. No cables, no lace, no fancy business with extra colors or complicated stitches or anything else that’s going to seem just the tiniest bit overwhelming after a long day. Just ribbing, stockinette, and increases/decreases.

And really, once you have the pattern set up, mostly you just knit your knits and purl your purls and cruise along mellow as can be.

Now, you do get to do a slightly fancy bit of business where you make that band of gorgeous patterning go dashing across your foot. But again, it all happens with just a few carefully placed increases and decreases.

Though given how impressive they look, I absolutely won’t blow your cover if you want to let everyone think they’re hard. It’s good to let folks be impressed with the things you can do!

They’re written in three sizes (56, 64, 72, and 80 stitch cast ons), and you should feel free to adjust your gauge a bit to fine tune the fit of the sock. Just be sure that you’re working at a gauge that gives you a sturdy sock fabric with your chosen yarn!

I recommend working at something around 7, 8, or 9 stitches per inch, and I’ve included a table to help you figure out what gauge you’ll want to use for the size you need. With that range of sizes and gauges, the socks will fit a foot (measured around the ball of the foot) between 6.75 and 12.5 inches (with lots of points in between).