I was looking for a simplistic sock pattern to use for some of my handspun sock yarn, something that wouldn’t bore me stiff like a plain vanilla sock but would still fly off the needles and show off the long color repeats of the yarn. I have listed the gauge I used, but please adapt to your own yarn and knitting style.

These completely reversible socks are ideal for handspun not only because of the texture, but the toe-up construction allows you to use every yard of yarn. The pattern will be available through Craftlit until mid-November, after which it will be available in the pattern store. :)

I named the pattern Lewis Creek because the colors of my yarn combined with textured design remind me of looking up through tall trees on my family’s homestead. My grandfather, Lewis, paved the ground along one side of the creek with stones and set a bench there. As a child, I loved slipping out of the house at night to go sit with Grandpa at the creek. The trees formed interlocking waves high above my head, and if the wind blew just right I could see the stars through the branches.