Woodstock Socks by Jesie Ostermiller

Woodstock Socks

Knitting
October 2020
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
30 stitches and 42 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch
US 1 - 2.25 mm
600 - 900 yards (549 - 823 m)
7½ (8, 9, 10¼)" foot circumference
English

This pattern is found in The Colorwork Bible and cannot be purchased as an individual download. The book is available for purchase here.

With color blocking & stripes combined together in this simple sock design, you’re almost guaranteed success with any colors you choose. It is a stash-buster’s dream—feel free to add more colors or take some away and create your own color configurations! Choose high-contrast colors to make those stripes really pop, or low-contrast colors for a more subtle and subdued version. In addition to practicing your stripe colorwork, you also get a small taste of the fun you can have with slipped stitches. Occurring just on the front of the leg and the top of the foot, these slipped stitches add a quaint polka-dotted touch without diminishing the statement of the stripes!

Finished Size
7½ (8, 9, 10¼)“(19 20.5, 23, 26 cm) foot circumference. Socks shown measure 8” (20.5 cm) circumference.

Yarn
Fingering weight (#1 Superfine)
Shown in: Sweet Georgia Yarns Tough Love Sock (80% superwash Merino wool, 20% nylon; 425 yd 388 m/4 oz 115 g): Snowfall (MC), Stealth Mode (CC1), Saffron (CC2), and Tangerine (CC3), 1 skein each.
OR
Mini skeins (105 yd 96 m/1 oz 28 g): MC: 2 (2, 2, 3) mini skeins; CC1: 1 (1, 2, 2) mini skein(s); CC2: 1 (1, 1, 1) mini skein; CC3: 1 (1, 2, 2) mini skein(s)
+ Note: CC2 uses about 10 (12, 12, 14) yd (9 11, 11, 13 m) and could be from stash.

Needles
Size U.S. 1 (2.25 mm): set of 5 double-pointed needles (dpn).
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions
Markers (m); tapestry needle.

Gauge
30 sts and 42 rnds = 4” (10 cm) in St st.

Notes
+ These socks are worked in the round from the cuff down. The slip stitch pattern is designed to go across the front of the leg and the top of the foot. To customize, you can carry the slip stitch pattern all the way around the foot or choose to knit simple two-row stripes all the way around.