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Plain Foot: Wandering Minstrel Cable Socks
Just a hint of cable ~ two mirrored meandering cable panels on the sock leg give a glimmer of “special” when paired with the Stockinette of the remainder of the sock; traditional slip-stitch heel; all-knit foot with wide toe (grafted).
Other sock patterns in the Plain Foot series:
Flying V Socks
Jibboom Socks
Padua Cable Socks
Secret Tattoo Socks
Size
6 Sizes: Women’s Small – Men’s Large
To fit foot circumference 8 ½ (9, 9 ½, 10, 10 ½, 11)” / 21.5 (23, 24, 25.5, 26.5, 28) cm; finished sock circumference 7 ½ (8, 8 ½, 9, 9 ½, 10)” / 19 (20.5, 21.5, 23, 24, 25.5) cm
Yarn
280 (325, 375, 410, 455, 505) yds / 256 (297, 343, 375, 416, 462) m sock / fingering weight yarn; sample shown in
Knit Picks Stroll Kettle Hand-Dyed (462 yds / 422 m per 3 ½ oz / 100 g skein; 75% superwash merino, 25% nylon) in Grasshopper
Suggested Needle Size
2.75 mm / US 2 (for cast and ribbing on only)
2.25mm / US 1 set of 4 dpn or 2 circulars or 1 circular 32” / 80 cm or longer for Magic Loop
Cable needle
Adjust needles to obtain correct gauge.
Gauge
32 sts / 42 rows = 4” /10 cm on smaller needles, in Stockinette (blocked)
Notions
EoR marker; yarn needle for weaving in ends
Method
Knit in the round, cuff down; stitch patterns are written out and charted
Techniques Used
Estonian Cast-On (pictorial technique sheet included); cables; grafting (instructions included); knit, k2tog, m1, purl, p2tog, slip stitches, ssk
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Errata Note:
April 10, 2014: Version 1.1 uploaded (includes both migration to Impeccable Knits label and a correction for Chart A (Row 4) and Chart B (Row 20) (both in the charts and written directions for charts).
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