Make-Do & Mend Socks with Replaceable Sole by Marcia Weinert

Make-Do & Mend Socks with Replaceable Sole

Knitting
May 2023
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
33 stitches and 53 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch
US 1 - 2.25 mm
450 - 470 yards (411 - 430 m)
one size
English
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MATERIALS

Fiber
100% Heathered BFL (Quillin Fiber Arts),
Autumn Canyon, 2 oz (57 g). 80% Targhee/10% bamboo/10% silk (Quillin Fiber Arts), Autumn’s Daughter,
2 oz (57 g). 100% Heathered BFL (Quillin Fiber Arts),
Toad, 1 oz (28.4 g).
Yarn
Singles, 2-ply, and 3-ply fingering weight
(1,620 ypp; 15 wpi), 470 yd.

Needles
Size 1 (2.25 mm): 36” or longer circular (cir)
(see Notes) and set of double-pointed (dpn). Adjust
needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Other Supplies
Markers (m); stitch holder or spare
circ needle; coil-less safety pins (to be used as small
stitch holders); woolly nylon serger thread, #9169 Light
Olive, or other reinforcing thread for heel and sole
(optional), 200 yd; tapestry needle.

Gauge
33 sts and 53 rows = 4” in St st. One mitered
square measures 2” across and 15/8” from top to bottom.
Finished Size 7¾“ foot circumference and 8¾” long
from back of heel to tip of toe (see Notes); foot length
is adjustable.