Riptide Socks: Knitting Pattern PDF
These socks, graded to fit most adult women's sizes, are worked from the top down and feature a lacy leg, heel flap, square turn heel, lightly patterned stitchwork across the top of the foot and a spiral toe.
This pattern is written in needle neutral terms and can be worked on dpns or circular needles with your favorite small circumference circular knitting method.
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What to Expect
Skills: basic knit and purl stitches, repetitive stitch patterns, basic lace, charted and written instructions, small circumference knitting in the round
Construction and Shaping: cuff-down, flap and gusset heel (square turn heel), spiral toe
Yarn Weight: sock/fingering weight
Recommended Yarn: Cobasi by HiKoo (shown in 2020 color of the year, Kind of a Big Teal)
Recommended Needle Size: US size 1.5 (2.5 mm) dpns or circular needles
Finished Measurements:
size 60 (64, 68, 72, 76) sts around
sock foot circumference - 7 ½ (8, 8 ½, 9, 9 ½) inches
sock foot length - 9 (9 ½, 10, 10 ½, 11) inches
sock leg height from floor to cuff - 7 1/8 (7 ¼, 7 ⅜, 7 ½, 7 ⅝) inches
Pattern Length: 6 pages