Easy Heel Colorblock Socks Pattern Download
Our Easy Heel Colorblock Socks do an ingenious job of avoiding the potentially difficult heel- and gusset-shaping of traditional patterns. Here, you knit the whole leg and foot as a tube, stopping along the way for a couple of scrap-yarn half-rows, which you later pick up in order to knit the heel in the round… Amazing for first-time sock knitters and for anyone else who likes a simple trick! And it’s even knitter’s choice whether you’re a top-down (cuff-to-toe) or bottom-up (toe-to-cuff) kind of person. Our Easy Heel Colorblock Socks Pattern has instructions for both directions and for kids and adults, too. We went nylon-free with our lovely Quartz, a radiant mix of 65% merino wool and 35% suri alpaca. With almost thirty colors to choose from, find a fetching color combo and jump in feet first!
Product Details
Materials
- Purl Soho’s Quartz, 65% merino wool and 35% suri alpaca. Each skein is 420 yards/ 100 grams.
- Main Color: 1 skein; approximately 210–240 (235–265, 265–295, 285–320, 310–355) yards required, depending on foot length. We used Lavender Moon for one pair and Icicle Blue for the other.
- Contrast Color: 1 skein; approximately 110 (135, 165, 190, 220) yards required. For the Lavender Moon pair, we used Yellow Yarrow, and for the Icicle Blue pair, we used Pink Guava.
- A set of US 1 (2.25 mm) double pointed needles
- A few yards of fingering weight scrap yarn
- For Toe-Up Version: A size B–E (2.5–3.5 mm) crochet hook for Provisional Cast On
Gauge
34 stitches and 50 rounds = 4 inches in stockinette stitch
Sizes
6 (7, 8, 9, 10) to fit kids to adults
Choose a size that is approximately 1–2 inches smaller than the circumference of the wearer's foot.
- Foot Circumference: 6 (7, 8, 9, 10) inches
- Foot Length: Adjustable
Samples: Both pairs pictured here are size 7.
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