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Difficulty level: Intermediate

The Seventh Knit Socks are a cozy, colorful pair of socks worked up in stripes of worsted weight yarn.

Construction details The Seventh Knit Socks are worked in the round from the cuff towards the toe. Colors are changed using either vertical Stranded Colorwork stripes or horizontal (traditional) stripes as desired. The heels are worked as afterthought heels.

Skills necessary

• Cast on
• Join in the round
• Knit/Purl
• Simple Stranded Colorwork
• Decreasing (ssk, k2tog)
• Kitchener Stitch

Adult Sizes: S (M, L)

Finished measurements: 8 (8.5, 9)”/20 (21.5, 23) cm foot circumference and 9 (9.5, 10)”/23 (24, 25.5) cm foot length.

Gauge: 20 sts and 28 rounds = 4”/10 cm in Circular Stockinette Stitch using size needle to obtain gauge.

Needles: US 6/4 mm DPN or other needles for small circumference circular knitting or size needed for gauge. Adjust needle size as necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Yarn: 250 (270, 290) total yards of worsted weight (CYCA #4) yarn in an assortment of colors.

Sample made with Yarn Snob “A Wondrous Worsted” (100% superwash merino wool, 218 yds /100 g) in the Festival of Lights set of 8 colors, 54 yds/25 g each.

Additional materials: scrap yarn, 3 stitch markers, tapestry needle.