These cosy, textural socks feature an all-over cable pattern resembling honeycomb.
They are knit from the toe up with a mitred German Short Row heel for ease of knitting. They feature a patterned rib at the cuff and the cable stitch will keep your fingers busy like a bee!

This pattern is written with circular needles in mind, but if you use DPN’s just place two stitch markers at the halfway points.

Sizes: Eur size 36 (38, 40) or 22.5 (24, 25) cm. Or whatever length you like!
Yarn: Approximately 100g of 4ply sock yarn.
Needles: 2.50mm 80cm circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Gauge: 36 sts x 48-50 rows to 10cm in stocking stitch.
Materials: Cable Needle, Yarn needle for sewing in ends.

Techniques involved

• Judy’s Magic Cast On
• Magic Loop (circular needles)
• German Short Row Heel (here is a tutorial if you need pictures http://www.lamaisonrililie.com/german-short-rows-pdf.html )

Errata for pdf’s downloaded before 02/09/2017 In Honeycomb Pattern R6-8 should read: p3, (k2, p4) 5 times, k2, p3. The pdf has since been updated.