Switchback Socks: Knitting Pattern PDF

These shortie, or ankle, socks are worked from the top down. The socks feature a zigzag pattern down one side of the foot and the socks are mirror images of each other. The socks have a band heel and rounded wedge toe.

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, stitch charts, small circumference knitting in the round

Construction and Shaping: cuff-down, band heel, rounded wedge toe, grafting

Yarn Weight: sock/fingering

Recommended Yarn: Skacel CoBaSi by HiKoo (shown in color 101 Seafoam)

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

Finished Measurements:

size 60 (64, 68, 72) sts around

sock foot circumference - 7½ (8, 8½, 9) inches

sock foot length - 9 (9½, 10, 10½) inches

Pattern Length: 5 pages