Perfect Stripped Socks by Sharon Doubleknit

Perfect Stripped Socks

Knitting
December 2011
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
English
This pattern is available for free.

I love striped socks, in colour changing or plain yarn, but I really don’t like the way a heel flap interrupts the stripes. I have tried a short row heel, but the rows don’t line up neatly, so I developed this sock. It uses top down construction and an afterthought heel.