These socks are my standard base for most of my designs. It’s a great pattern for beginner sock knitters and can be tweaked with colourwork or texture as desired. I love making plain vanilla socks when knitting with self-striping yarn because the simplicity lets the colours shine! A little contrast for the heels, toes and cuffs can add a little extra something to catch the eye!

*Included at the end are some Kitchener Stitch cheat sheets that you can print out!*

I chose to make this pattern FREE because if you’re new to knitting socks, I want you to have access to a pattern without having to spend money to learn! Sock knitting is so much fun and can become quite the addiction and I want to encourage everyone to give it a try! And if you’ve already knit a sock before, then this can be a good base for you to use and experiment with designs!

As I think of more details, instructions, or variants, I’ll update this pattern. If you find any issues in the pattern, please contact me ( sweetknitsdesigns@gmail.com )and I can help you and adjust the pattern as needed.

Difficulty Level:

Beginner/New sock Knitter!

Techniques used:

Knit & Purl
Cast-on & Bind-Off
Increasing, decreasing
Working in the round (instructions in magic loop using needle 1 and 2, but can be adapted using stitch markers to mark out the 2 needles)
Heel flap/heel turn
Picking up stitches
Top-down sock knitting
Kitchener stitch

Finished Measurements:
Small (Medium, Large, X Large)
7 (8, 9, 10)” foot circumference, measured around the ball of the foot. Select a size from the finished measurements that will give you approximately 1- 1.5 inches of negative ease, that is a size that’s 1-1.5 inches smaller in circumference than your actual foot.

Yarn:
Fingering weight

230 - 460 yards (50 - 100 grams) total of fingering weight yarn.

Needles:
US 1 - 2.25 mm 32-40” circular needles.
Or preferred method of knitting, but the pattern gives instructions for magic loop.

Notions:
Tapestry Needle
Stitch marker for the beginning of round