Line Drawing Socks: Knitting Pattern PDF

Learn to knit top down socks. These socks were originally designed as a four week KAL in May 2019. The socks are worked from the top down, have an afterthought heel and use four point, or four corner, shaping for both the toe and the 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. The videos for this pattern are demonstrated on addi FlexiFlip needles.

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What to Expect

Skills: basic knit and purl stitches, repetitive stitch patterns, small circumference knitting in the round

Construction and Shaping: cuff-down, afterthought heel, four point toe

Yarn Weight: sock/fingering

Recommended Yarn: Zitron Art Deco (shown in color 01)

Recommended Needle Size: US size 2 (2.75 mm) dpns or long circular needles 

Finished Measurements:

56 (60, 64, 68, 72) sts around

sock foot circumference: 7 (7 ½, 8, 8 ½, 9) inches

sock foot length: 8 ½ (9, 9 ½, 10, 10 ½) inches

Pattern Length: 8 pages