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A pair of plain white handknit socks on metal sock blockers rest on a floral rug. The socks are slightly staggered vertically with the toes pointing in opposite directions.

Free Basic Worsted Sock Knitting Pattern

A side-angle photo showing a pair of blue adult knit socks in progress on a long circular needle and, blurred in the background, a pair of white baby socks in progress on a long circular needle. The blue socks are knit from the toes up while the white socks are knit from the cuff down.

Learning to Knit Socks Two at a Time

A top-down photo of three pairs of handknit socks in shades of pink, white, and brown. Interspersed among the socks are a pumice stone, a bottle of glycolic acid toner, a glass of ice water, and a tube of moisturizing foot cream.

The Unexpected Way to Make Knit Socks Last Longer

Three pairs of handknit socks--one pink with a round toe, one white with a wedge toe, and one gray with a star toe--are laid out on a white dresser top with some antique books in the background.

4 Reasons I Recommend Round Toes for Newer Sock Knitters

A white woman's hands hold a handknit sock in progress on a pair of long circular needles. The sock is being knit using the magic loop method with a skein of handdyed yarn that has lavender and yellow speckles.

Defeating My Nemesis: Magic Loop

A horizontal photo taken from the top-down showing how three pairs of handknit socks with textured heels are laid out flat on a white countertop. On the left is a pink pair, with a cream pair in the middle, and a light green pair on the right.

Why I Use Textured Heels in My Sock Knitting

The Deimatic Socks, a pair of light blue, cabled socks are laid flat on a white marble countertop. Surrounding them are white roses, antique paper ephemera, old books, and a blue and white coffee cup.

Free Sock Knitting Pattern: Deimatic Socks

A close-up on the toes of a pair of handknit gray socks. This image shows that the toes are knit with a whimsical star toe construction.

How to Knit a Star Toe (Toe Up and Cuff Down)

A top-down photo of a pair of light green handknit socks laid out on a white marble countertop. The socks have simple columns of purl stitches for textural decoration. Next to them are some white roses and a white teacup and saucer full of milky coffee.

Sock Knitting Pattern: Tiramisu Socks

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An update from the beginning of yesterday’s rain s An update from the beginning of yesterday’s rain storm. Will I finish knitting my socks in time? Drop your vote in the comments.
I actually have a WIP Wednesday update, for once! I actually have a WIP Wednesday update, for once! Swipe for yarn and pattern details in the caption under each photo

Yarn is @badsheepyarn Worsted in the colorway Murex
Pattern is my Simple Worsted Sock (free for newsletter subscribers)

Yarn is from a @playfuldayyarns Advent a few years ago
Following a moss stitch square tutorial by @emmacmakes

Pattern is the Lucy Cardigan by @the_knit_purl_girl 
Yarn is one strand of @coasttocoastyarnco DK held double with a stand of undyed silk mohair
Collab post: Lifelines are one of those knitting t Collab post: Lifelines are one of those knitting tools that you may need less as you grow in experience, but they never completely lose their usefulness. 

While I am usually pretty comfortable dropping back and fixing mistakes, when I know there’s a possibility that I might need to rip back several rows or I’m working in a darker yarn where fixing mistakes can be a little more challenging, lifelines really live up to their name.

The pattern for these mittens designed in collaboration with @expressionfiberarts is coming early next month, and I’m really excited to share it with you! As always, they’re graded to multiple sizes and have instructions for how to lengthen the hand section to meet your unique hands’ fit needs.
I love a sock pattern filled with cables. Whether I love a sock pattern filled with cables. Whether they’re dainty things going down a central panel or more substantial cables wrapping the whole sock, I’m happy either way.

So here are ten of my favorites I’ve designed over the years. If you’re also a cabled sock fan, which one would you cast on first?

And if you comment “Socktober,” I’ll send you an easy roundup of links to each of these patterns on Ravelry.
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