This is a toe-up sock with a short-row heel featuring columns of baby fern stitch separated by columns of ribbing. The stretchy stitch motif combined with a stretchy yarn makes for a pretty stretchy sock. For anklets in U.S. Ladies size 8.5 or smaller, only 1 ball of Patons stretch socks is needed (assuming you unravel any gauge swatch and re-use it for the finished socks). For anklets larger than U.S. Ladies size 8.5, or for longer socks, you’ll need 2 balls of Patons stretch socks. (Or substitute the same yardage of another stretchy fingering-weight yarn.)

Pattern includes two different short-row heels -- one with wraps and one without.

This pattern is written for 5 double-pointed needles; a version written for magic loop 2-at-a-time is also available here.