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Ribbed socks are wonderful. They both stretch and hug the foot, which makes them an ideal choice not only for yourself, but when knitting for someone else as well. That’s why this pattern includes six sizes: from a child’s small, to an adult extra large.

However, while ribbed socks are wonderful for their fit, sometimes it feels like the knitting process is long. These socks have short sections of rib that fall down in a waterfall pattern, which not only look lovely, but knitting the pattern repeat makes it easy to see your progress. Plus you are likely to have it memorized by the end of the first sock, which makes the second sock go that much faster!

I have to give credit to a previous tester here - they requested a pattern similar to this based on an idea from one of my other patterns. While I am not sure this pattern is exactly what they had in mind, this is what I came up with, and I quite like it.

The ribbing pattern on this sock is on the front, while the back of the sock is stockinette.

Sizes: Child S (Child M, Adult S, M, L, XL) with 6, (6.5, 7, 8, 9, 10)” or about 15 (16.6, 18, 20, 23, 25) cm circumferences. Choose a size that gives you approximately 1” of negative ease.

Yarn:
50g fingering weight yarn for the child sizes
100g of fingering weight yarn for the adult sizes

Needles: US size 1 / 2.25mm

Extras: Stitch marker, tapestry needle

Gauge: 32 stitches and 42 rows to 4” (10cm) worked in stockinette stitch in the round.