Summer Fresh Socks by Claire Borchardt

Summer Fresh Socks

Knitting
July 2025
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 46 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 1 - 2.25 mm
225 - 275 yards (206 - 251 m)
56 (64, 72)
English
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The Summer Fresh socks are a simple ankle sock featuring a slipped ribbed pattern and finished with a picot cuff.

Sample:
Shown in Size 2 in Brown Sheep Nature Spun Fingering in Winter Blue

Size:
1 (2, 3)

Finished Foot Circumference:
7 (8, 9) ” / 18 (20.5, 23) cm

Knit well fitting socks: Choose a size that offers approximately 1”
of negative ease in foot circumference

Leg Height (from bind off edge to bottom of heel) 3” / 7.5 cm - adjustable

Finished Foot Length: Adjustable. The most important part of sock sizing is based on foot circumference. Adjust foot length by adding or subtracting pattern repeats.

Yardage:
225 (250, 275) yds / 205 (228, 251) m of fingering weight yarn
that gets gauge yardage is based on 7.5” / 19 cm foot length + 1” for cuff

Suggested Needles:
US 1 / 2.25 mm 9” circular needle

Feel free to use your preferred needle style for working in the
round - Circular Magic Loop, DPNs, etc

Other Notions:
Darning needle, 1 stitch marker for BOR, 1 stitch marker for Instep/Sole, scissors

Gauge:
32 sts x 46 rows in stockinette stitch = 4“ / 10 cm
Additional Notes: These socks are worked from the toe up in the round with a Shadow Wrapped Short Row heel