I knit these beauties last year and promptly forgot to share the pattern. Oops.

Once again, I used the Barnacle Stitch Pattern ( aka - mock cable stitch) to jazz up a basic sock pattern. Because this stitch pattern features ribbing, it is perfect for a nicely fitting sock. Also, I dipped into my stash of laceweight yarns, because - why not! A light sock weight should also work. If using sock yarn, you’ll need about 400 meters.

Materials: 2 balls of complementary laceweight yarns that have some nylon or silk in them for strength. I used two balls of Fiddlesticks Knitting Exquisite yarn I had in my stash (50% Merino/50% silk), each having 547 yards. You could chose contrasting yarns. I chose the same color as I wanted the stitch pattern to pop. I estimate I used under 400 meters of each.

Needles: 2.25 mm double pointed needles

Customization:

This pattern is for a women’s size 10 (Canadian). To make a larger or small size, change your number of stitches cast on by multiples of 4.  25% of your stitches will be on needle  #1, 50% on needle #2 and 25% on needle #3.

To be sure your sock will fit, measure the circumference your foot around the fullest part  and call this measurement A.  Knit a swatch in stockinette to determine the number of stitches per inch. Take measurement A and multiply it by the number of stitches per inch. Then subtract 10%.

For example:

If measurement  A is 9 inches and your stitches per inch is 8,  9 x 8 = 72 sts.

To prevent having a sloppy sock, subtract 10% of your stitches, in this case 7 sts. That leaves you with 65 sts. For the pattern to work, you need a stitch number divisible by 4. 65 sts doesn’t work, but 64 does. In this example, I’d cast on 64 stitches.  (The stitch pattern in this sock has a good amount of stretch.)

Foot length can be altered by increasing the rounds knit.

This pattern is available for free on my blog.

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