the summer of socks

my so many socks bundle
sock tutorials and general knitting tutorials
operation sock drawer: data dump
DK-weight socks - for Heritage® 6, Fixation Solid, and other DK-weight sock yarns

socks search

popular socks

toe-up socks pattern search
ankle socks pattern search
toe-up ankle socks pattern search
boot socks pattern search

sock tips + useful links

Craft Yarn Council Yarn Standards Foot Size Charts

Sock Tips
Super Sock Calculator and website with the actual calculator
Silver’s Sock Class
David’s Toe-Up Sock Cookbook
Judy Becker’s Magic Cast-On YouTube tutorial - Judy’s Magic Cast On (knitty) (and also here) and Instructions for Modifications to Judy’s Magic Cast-On
Magic Loop Casting On for two at a time socks or gloves
Jeny’s Stretchy Slipknot Cast-On and Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-off
Interlock Bindoff
Short Row Tutorial with PDF
German Short Rows Tutorial

Sock Heels & Toes PDF

Random Stripes Generator
Magic Needle Jogless Stripes

Toe Replacement - how to mend/replace a toe on some otherwise intact socks

sock yarns

(in no particular order)

Ultimate Sock
Heritage® and Heritage® 6
Fixation Solid
Cotton Sox
Putnam
Neon Tweed
Starling
Tosh Sock - no nylon
Sock Minis 90/10
Twist Light
Unicorn Tails - no nylon
Sock
Skinny Singles - no nylon
Stroll Fingering
Hawthorne Fingering
Felici Fingering Weight
Chroma Fingering and Chroma Worsted
Static
Kureyon Sock クレヨンソックヤーン
Silk Garden Sock
Taiyo Sock
Sock
Kroy Socks and Kroy Socks FX

yarns containing nylon search

sock yarns to try: (in no particular order)

Take a Hike Sock
Take a Hike Sock
Denali Sock
Rocky Mountain Purls - BFL
DROPS Fabel
Sockenwolle 80/20 Twin
Zauberball®
Tough Love Sock
Alegría
Andes Socks
Basic Sock Fingering
Soft Sock
Plush Sock
Sage Sock
Yummy Fingering Superwash Sock
Trusty Sock
House Fingering
The Milo Twisted Sock - BFL
The Milo Smooth Sock
Phyllis Sock
Biscotti Sock Fingering Weight
Brit Sock - BFL also
4 Ply Merino Sock

socks

my so many socks bundle

in no particular order:

Vanilla Sock with Gusset & Choice of Heel - these are toe-up
Vanilla Sock Methods by Crazy Sock Lady - vanilla socks with magic loop, 9” circulars, and DPNs
Mina’s Vanilla Sock Recipe
Mina’s Two At A Time Socks
The perfect toe up socks
Hermione’s Everyday Socks (and Miniature Hermione’s Everyday Socks)
Rose City Rollers and How I Roll - ankle socks
Simple Skyp Socks
DRK Everyday Socks
My Favorite Vanilla Socks
Two at Once, Toe-Up Magic Loop Socks - has a glossary of common sock techniques included
Go Your Own Way Socks - has options for BOTH toe-up and cuff-down
Trusty Toe Up Socks
Ol’ Reliable Top Down Socks
Magic No Gauge Socks
Afterthought Socks
AfterThought Heel Socks and/or Afterthought Heels Revisited
C.O.O.S. (Choice of Options Socks)
Sockmatician’s Toe-Ups
Sockception (lace and cable versions also available)
Fleegle’s Toe Up Socks
Easy Peasy Socks for First-Timers - crew socks
Couch Potato Socks
I’m So Basic Socks - these are two color socks
Weekend Shorty Socks - these are multi-colored
Shorty Sock Set and Shorty Sock Set Vol. II
Skimmer Socks (No Show Socks) and/or Skimmer Socks Revisited
Turkish Bed Socks - “no-show” socks
Basic Socks That Rock
Thicksgiving Socks and/or Thickmas Socks
Fluorite
Lyne Socks
Every Day Sock and/or Every Day Sock 2
Shorty Heel Tab Socks
helix socks
Easy Band Heel socks - uses Heritage®
Utsubo Sock - toe-up shortie ankle socks
Vanilla Socks on Magic Loop

No Frills Toe Up Socks
All the Math
FSSF Socks - toe-up scrappy ankle socks

Westknits Simple Socks
Scrappy DK Socks

David’s Toe-Up Sock Cookbook

heels

Fish Lips Kiss Heel
Elaine’s Happy Heel Tutorial - Escher Socks
Heels by Number
Toe-up Heels Formula

Boxed Heels

toes

Rounded Toe
Rounded Toe Recipe
Seam Free Rounded Toe for a Toe-up Sock

Square Toes
Toes by Terry

A Recipe for Split Toes on Socks
Mr. tabi - toe-up split toe socks
Gréta Split Toe Up Tabi Socks

Funky Five Toe Socks - toe socks, as the name implies

sock yarn scraps

Scrappy DK Socks - the name is self-explanatory
Color Palette Socks - scrappy socks
A Humble Short Row Square - this is good practice for short rows
sock yarn square
Sock Baggie
Sock Yarn Rug

my Battenberg Blanket - any/all leftover fingering-weight sock yarn will most likely be contributed to this

k’s sock recipe

k’s sock recipe for magic no-gauge toe-up anything-but-vanilla frankensocks

Two at Once, Toe-Up Magic Loop Socks and/or Go Your Own Way Socks (the latter has instructions for both toe-up and cuff-down)
Magic No Gauge Socks (also has both toe-up and cuff-down options)
David’s Toe-Up Sock Cookbook
Judy’s Magic Cast-On
Magic Loop Casting On for two at a time socks or gloves
Toes by Terry or Rounded Toe
Fish Lips Kiss Heel
Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-off or Interlock Bindoff

sample gauge combinations based on my personal tension:

• fingering-weight (ie. Heritage® or Ultimate Sock) on US-1 (2.25mm) needles
• DK-weight (ie. Heritage® 6) on US-2 1/2 (3mm) needles = 56 sts around for me, TBD for babe

TBC