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Exceedingly Vanilla Socks
After knitting what seems like a gazillion pairs of socks since the start of 2016, I have distilled my basic recipe into this pattern. Use it to knit your first (or tenth or hundredth) pair of vanilla socks, or do as I do and use as a base for combining with other patterns.
After following the link to my blog, you will have your choice of a standard pattern with cute pictures or a super condensed version that is meant to fit on a single piece of paper when printed double-sided. Use one or both, whichever speaks to your heart more.
Update: There is now also a version which contains a recipe for non-standard stitch counts too!
Update #2: Want to make short socks instead? There’s a mod for that!
The pattern has been test-knit, but if you find any mistakes please let me know.
Some tutorials that might be helpful for beginners:
- First published: February 2018
- Page created: February 26, 2018
- Last updated: March 6, 2019 …
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