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Heavy weight wool socks are a cold climate favorite! Wear them outside in your boots or inside on chilly floors. They make quick knitting and great gifts, but knitters won’t find much variety in the patterns available. This easy-to-knit pattern adds to that variety, as well as being designed specifically to go with Knitwise Design’s Country Waffles Hat and Transition Zone Cardigan. You can knit yourself a whole ensemble!

This pattern is appropriate for intermediate knitters familiar with knitting socks. The socks are worked in the round, on dpns, from the cuff down, though if you are adept at magic loop you will find it easy to adapt it to that technique as well. The pattern is three pages long and has been test knit and professionally tech edited to be clear and free of errors.

Sizes:
S (M, L) Choose your size depending on how you will wear your sock. See note below. Shown in Size S with 9 in/ 23 cm foot length.

Finished Measurements:
Measurements are all unstretched.

Leg and Foot Circumference: 7 1/4 (8 1/2, 9 1/2)/ 18.5 (21.5, 24) cm.
(When sock is unstretched it flares slightly at the cuff.)
Cuff circumference: 8 (9 1/4, 10 3/4) in/ 20.5 (23.5, 27) cm.
Leg length: 6 1/2 in/ 16.5 cm, adjustable.

Gauges:
20 sts/ 35 rnds/ 4 in/ 10 cm in waffle stitch pattern in the rnd as on given in pattern.
18 sts/35 rnds/ 4 in/ 10 cm in Garter Rib in the rnd as given in pattern.

What You Need:

• Briggs and Little “Tuffy” (80% pure wool, 20% nylon; 215 yds/196 m per 4 oz/ 113g skein); 2 (2 ,2) skeins, OR a comparable aran weight yarn. Exact yardage used will depend on leg and foot length knit. Size S for a child’s shoe size may need only 1 skein. Shown in color “Rosewood”.

• One set of dpns in size required to obtain gauge. I used US #5/ 3.75 mm. You may need a size or two above or below that.

• One stitch marker

• Tapestry needle

What size do I knit?
If you will be wearing your socks alone you can choose a size that has up to 1 in/ 2.5 cm (circumference) negative ease (smaller than foot). If you plan to layer your heavy socks over another pair of socks, choose a size with no ease or up to 1 in/ 2.5 cm positive ease (larger than foot).

Tuffy yarn is available in the US through mail order from Maritime Family Fiber.
Photography by JD Stylos and Linda Courtney.
Tech Editing by Tabitha’s Heart.
Thank you to model Katie McKinstry.