Rosebud socks were inspired by a textured flower pattern in an old book of 900 knitting patterns which I inherited from my mother.

Beginning with a provisional cast-on, the sock begins with a short-row toe and is worked on 4 double-pointed needles. The flower pattern requires basic knowledge of crochet, as loops are pulled up from rows below to make the leaves. The socks continue with a short-row heel, continue in pattern up the leg, and finish with a ribbed top. This allows the knitter to make the best use of a special ball of sock yarn. Simply weigh your yarn, knit to almost half the ball, and complete the second sock the same way to avoid any unfortunate left-overs.

The pattern may easily be worked TAAT by dividing the top and bottom of the sock on your needles, rather than using dpns.

To make larger or smaller sizes, adjust your yarn thickness and needle size. If you make a larger size, please bear in mind that you will need more yarn than stated in the pattern.

The socks are knitted in fingering-weight sock yarn that is 100g/400m/437 yards per ball. Although the sample is worked in Rowan Fine Art, any comparable sock yarn will work. One ball should be sufficient for most women’s sizes, but will depend on your own knitting tension. The sample sock has a leg length of 8” from the top of the heel to the end of the ribbed section.

You will need a set of 4 dpns in size 2.5mm, and a crochet hook in the same size to complete the pattern.

Please note that this pattern assumes basic knowledge of sock knitting, and basic crochet and provisional cast-on techniques. This pattern does not provide a tutorial of any kind. It is a written pattern only, not a finished product, and no refund of the downloaded pattern will be possible.

As always, great care is taken to avoid mistakes. If you should find any, please let me know and they will be corrected.