These shortie, or ankle, socks are worked from the top down with a band heel and rounded wedge toe. The socks feature a zigzag pattern down one side of the foot and the socks are mirror images of each other.

The pattern is written in needle neutral terms and can be worked on dpns or with the magic loop method on long circular needles.

Required Skills: basic knit and purl stitches, repetitive stitch patterns, knitting in the round
Yarn Weight: sock/fingering
Recommended Yarn: Skacel CoBaSi by HiKoo (shown in color 101 Seafoam)
Recommended Needle Size: US size 2 (2.75 mm) dpns or circular needles
Finished Measurements: Size 60 (64, 68, 72) sts around

Foot Circumference - 7 ½ (8, 8 ½, 9) inches
Foot Length - 9 (9 ½, 10, 10 ½) inches

Pattern Length: 6 pages

Video tutorials for this pattern are available in the Switchback Socks playlist on my YouTube Channel. Topics include:

• 5 Tips for Casting on in the Round

• How to Knit a Band Heel

• How to Pick Up Gusset Sts

• How Decrease Slant Effects the look of a Sock Toe