My niece noticed that I am always knitting a pair of socks and wondered to her mom if I could make some for her. Here we are several months later with birthday socks, Josie’s Wish.

These are child-size socks, toe-up with an afterthought heel. A simple lace panel runs up the front and delicate cables decorate the back of the leg.

Children’s feet come in all sorts of sizes. Short & wide, long & narrow, and everything in between. The best way to decide what size to make is to measure the circumference of your recipient’s foot at its widest point (usually the ball of the foot).
Here is a helpful chart with suggestions of foot sizes for different ages:
Craft Yarn Council Foot Size Chart

SIZE
CHILDREN’S Small (Medium, Large)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS
Small - fits foot circumference ~6 inches
Medium - fits foot circumference ~ 6.5 inches
Large - fits foot circumference ~ 7-7.5 inches
(Foot, Leg, & Cuff Lengths: adjustable)

GAUGE
15.5 sts or 17 rows = 2 inches / 5cm

MATERIALS
Yarn
200-245m (220-270 yds) fingering weight yarn

Shown in Manos del Uruguay Alegria
(75% Merino, 25% Nylon): 407m / 100g (445 yds/3.5 oz), in colorway “2149” Petal

Needles
2.25mm DPN or circular needles (or size needed to obtain gauge)

Additional Tools
2 stitch markers
Measuring tape
Scissors
Waste yarn (similar weight, contrast color)
Tapestry needle

TECHNIQUES
ssk, k2tog, skpo, sk2po, yo
lifted increases
2 stitch cables with knits and purls
picking up stitches for afterthought heel

NOTE
The first pdf contains both fully written and fully charted instructions.

LOW VISION ACCESSIBILITY
The second pdf is a low vision accessible version. This pattern is written in 22 point sans serif font (Arial) in all black text. It has no italics. All of the directions are fully written out. It has no columns, headers or footers. The images are captioned and a list of abbreviations is provided.

“They look like ballerina socks.” - Josie Wood