We’ve all done it- bought a single skein full of beautiful colours only to get home and think “what kind of garment can I actually knit with this?” Well, now you can knit the Aspen Trees socks! Aspen Trees is the perfect solution for all your stashed variegated yarn. The slipped stitch pattern makes these socks more interesting to knit than regular vanilla socks, but is still simple enough to show off any stripes and speckles, like the dappled bark of aspen trees.

The slipped stitch pattern will need to be blocked to lie flat, otherwise the stitches will pull on the fabric. Due to this, gauge should be measured after blocking.

Sizes
There are four sizes in the pattern; 1 (18cm foot circumference), 2 (20cm foot circumference), 3 (22.5cm foot circumference), and 4 (25cm foot circumference). Note that the sizes listed are measured around the sock, so find your size by measuring your foot and then subtracting 10%.

Yarn and Yardage
As stated above, this pattern is great for variegated yarn! Any yarn in your stash that seems too bright, complex, or varied to work well for something more complicated like lace or cables is perfect for these socks. This way, you don’t have to knit yet another pair of regular vanilla socks. A single skein of yarn is all that’s needed, with these socks taking about 200-310 yards. Slightly more or less will be needed, depending on leg length.

Needles
Needles (either DPN’s or circulars can be used), stitch markers, sock blockers, and a darning needle for the Kitchener stitch grafted toe.

This pattern is good for beginners who are familiar with basic cuff down, in the round, heel flap and gusset sock construction but are interested in beginning to explore more designs.

Instructions are only written in this pattern; there is no chart.