Checkmate! Socks by Bethany Schwarz

Checkmate! Socks

Knitting
November 2024
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
300 - 500 yards (274 - 457 m)
1 (2)
English
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About the Pattern:
The Checkmate! Socks feature colorwork images of the chess pieces as well as a checkerboard heel.

Sizes:
1 (2) for a sock circumference of
8 (9) inches / 20 (23) cm or a foot circumference of 9 (10) inches / 23 (25.5) cm

Gauge:
32 sts / 40 rows = 4 x 4 in or 10 x 10 cm
Worked in Stockinette

Materials:
US 1 / 2.25mm circular needles/DPNs
US 1.5 / 2.5mm circular needles/DPNs
Stitch Markers
Yarn Needle
Preferred blocking supplies

Yarn Required:
MC - cuff, main leg, and foot - 250yd / 228.6m
CC 1 - black - 75yd / 68.5m
CC 2 - white - 75yd / 68.5m

Recommended Yarn:
Cascade Heritage Sock or any fingering weight or sock yarn. I recommend a wool-based yarn with some nylon, acrylic, or polyamide content.

Techniques:
Tubular cast on
Ribbing
Colorwork
Heel-Flap and Gusset
Trapped Floats (optional)
Kitchener Stitch

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Happy knitting!