Ankylosaur Socks by Marcia Weinert

Ankylosaur Socks

Knitting
December 2024
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
38 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch
US 0 - 2.0 mm
438 - 550 yards (401 - 503 m)
Women's XS[S, M, L, XL]; Foot Circumference 7[7.5, 8, 8.5, 9] inches/ 18[19, 20, 21.5, 23] cm
English
This pattern is available for free.

Features a highly-textured cuff and a fully REPLACEABLE sole! Cuff and sole can be worked in different yarns, if desired. The cuff is knit, then heel stitches are set aside and the instep is worked flat to create a flap. Next a “Boundary Round” is worked: across the heel stitches, down one edge of the instep flap, across the live stitches at the toe end of the flap, and up the other side, back to the start of the heel. Then an ordinary heel flap and turn are worked. After gusset stitches are picked up, the sole itself is worked back and forth, and each row is joined to one side of the instep flap. When the entire sole has thus been joined to the instep, one resumes working in the round to create an ordinary wedge toe. When necessary, the entire sole can be unraveled and replaced with an entirely new one! ROOOOOAAAARRR!!