Free-Climber Socks: Knitting Pattern PDF

These gender neutral socks are knit from the bottom up (toe up) and the slanting stitch pattern is created without the use of cables. The toe is shaped using wrap and turn short rows. The heel is a flap-free, gusset heel, similar to the Fleegle heel. 

This pattern is written in needle neutral terms and can be worked on dpns or with the magic loop method on long circular needles.

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What to Expect

Skills: basic knit and purl stitches, repetitive stitch patterns, simple color changes, charted and written instructions, small circumference knitting in the round

Construction and Shaping: toe-up, short row toe, flapless gusset heel

Yarn Weight: sock/fingering

Recommended Yarn: Oink Pigments Oink Sock (shown in Smokey Purl and Bittersweet)

Recommended Needle Size: US size 1.5 (2.5 mm) dpns or long circular needles 

Finished Measurements:

size - (56, 60, 64)(68, 72, 76) sts around

sock circumference - (7, 7 ½, 8)(8 ½, 9, 9 ½) inches

sock length - (8 ½, 9, 9 ½)(10, 10 ½, 11) inches

sock leg height, from floor to top of cuff - (7 ½, 7 ½, 8)(8, 8 ½, 8 ½) inches

Pattern Length: 8 pages