The Gesso Socks pattern is a top-down, straightforward sock pattern featuring the new aknitica heel configured for stockinette stitch.

It is a beginner-sock-knitter friendly pattern.

The Gesso Socks will release on October 1, 2025. You can pre-order them by adding them to your Ravelry library today OR by purchasing The Heels for Days Sock Club at an early-adopter price, available until September 30 at midnight EST.

The aknitica heels create a lovely diagonal stripe in a self-contained heel area. They’re a mash-up of short-row and increase/decrease shaping techniques that not only create a striking visual but also allow the knitter to create a roomier fit than a typical short-row heel arrangement.

The short-row placement opens up the entire heel area to additional design possibilities. I’ve been having a ton of fun experimenting with variations in shaping placements and techniques.

I’ve come up with 10+ variations and counting, and I’ll be publishing a new heel variation every month in The Heels for Days Sock Club.

The Heels for Days Sock Club runs from October 2025 to July 2026.

Every month, you’ll receive a new sock heel pattern to knit.

(The first one of my socks heels, Palindrome, was published on Knitty in their June issue and is available as a free pattern from Knitty.com.)

Included in the club subscription are:

• 10+ new heels and/or variations
• 2 basic socks for use with all heels
• 2+ additional full-sock patterns to go with a new heel

When you purchase the club, you will automatically find the up-to-date heel releases in your Ravelry library. After that, each month you’ll receive the next heel pattern as a pattern update.

Yarn Information:
100g of fingering-weight sock yarn will make a pair of socks in most adult sizes. Shoe sizes of Men’s US 11 and up might require more.

Needles:
2.25 mm / 1 US for working small circumference in the round OR size needed to obtain gauge
Suggested lengths for the various circular knitting techniques:

• 80 cm / 32” circular for Magic Loop
• 9” short circular
• set of double-pointed needles
• 2 circular needles of 60 cm / 24” each

Gauge:
32 sts and 44 rounds per 10 cm / 4” in Stockinette Stitch in the round.

Sizes:
XS(S, M, L, XL, XXL)
Finished Circumference around middle of foot:
7.5(8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10)“
To be worn with approximately 1” of negative ease.
Length: adjustable to fit