Yorkshire Striped Sock by Penelope Hemingway

Yorkshire Striped Sock

Knitting
December 2011
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
8 stitches = 1 inch
in Stocking stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
230 - 350 yards (210 - 320 m)
Average women's size 5 UK
English
This pattern is available for free.

Broadly inspired by Miss E Ryder’s ‘ How To Knit Socks’, Richmond, Yorkshire, ca. 1860s.

I knitted this child’s sock (recommended yarn ‘Andalucian’, needle size 1.75mm) in modern 4 ply sock yarn, using 2.5mm needles. It came out the right size for me (average adult).

Miss Ryder gives general instructions for knitting stripy stockings and socks, so I followed her directions from the intro to this, and her other books.

I made the heel vertically striped, to double yarn thickness there. Full pattern here:

https://theknittinggenie.com/2012/07/13/miss-ryder-rides-...

Used leftovers so hard to quantify amounts - amounts here a guideline only.