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About the Pattern
The Impasto Socks are my first sock design and second collaboration with Rachel of Zeezee Textiles. The stitch pattern used mimics the raised texture of the impasto technique, commonly found in oil painting. It’s a rhythmic, easy-to-memorize pattern that only uses increases and decreases.

The pattern is written for magic loop, and it includes both toe-up and cuff-down instructions. The socks are designed with a Fleegle heel and feature a contrast toe and 2x1 ribbed cuff. The stitch pattern is both charted and written.

Sizes
(1, 2) 3, 4

(6, 7.2) 8.4, 9.6 in // (15, 18) 21, 24 cm
finished circumference

Suggestions are included in the Notes section on how to modify for a different stitch count, if you are having trouble getting gauge/having fit issues.

Gauge (measured over 4 in/10cm)
40 sts x 56 rows in stockinette st, worked in the rnd after blocking

Yarn - fingering weight (includes 10% overage)
MC: one skein (100g)
(290, 317) 370, 396 yards OR
(266, 290) 339, 363 meters

CC: one mini skein (20g)
(48, 53) 62, 66 yards OR
(45, 48) 57, 61 meters

Suggested Yarn
Zeezee Textiles Silk Sock
80% Superwash Merino, 20% Silk
400 yds per 100g

Sample (Size 3 toe-up) used Zorn’s Palette as the MC and Ébauche as the CC.

Suggested Needles
US 1 (2.25 mm) 32” (80 cm) circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions
Removable stitch marker, tapestry needle

Skills Required
Casting on, knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, Fleegle heel, Kitchener stitch, binding off