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!

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Feet? They come in lots of sizes. Lots and lots. And yarn? That comes in lots of sizes too.

Sometimes you’re knitting for a delicate little slip of a thing with tiny tootsies. Sometimes not so much (I say, glancing down at my size 11 feet and perhaps sighing a bit at their substantial nature).

Sometimes you want to use wispy, delicate sock yarn and end up with a pair of socks you’ll hardly feel. Sometimes you want to use something thick and end up with the coziest socks in all the world.

And with the right pattern, you can accommodate all of that. Bonus points if it’s a pattern with a tidy little stitch pattern that’s fun to work (and that you’ll have memorized in no time). And double bonus points if it just so happens to work beautifully with all that amazingly colorful yarn you’ve been unable to resist but had a hard time matching to a project.

They’re written in six sizes (54, 60, 66, 72, 78, and 84 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 6.25 and 12.5 inches (with lots of points in between).