Time to slide around in your fashionably stockinged feet! Because they are worked from toe to heel, these socks are a great first pair for someone who has never attempted crocheted socks before.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Size: 6” length toe to foot, 2½” tall heel, 3” long leg, ½” long cuff
Gauge: 20 sts and 20 rows = 4” [10 cm] in sc in the round

Materials

Yarn: Cascade Yarns Heritage 150 Prints (75% Merino, 25% Nylon; 492 yards [450 meters]/150 grams): #9 Tabby, 1 skein

Hook: US size D/3 (3.25mm)

Notions: Yarn needle; stitch markers

Abbreviations

Fpdc – front post double crochet

Bpdc – back post double crochet

Fpsc – front post single crochet

Bpsc – back post single crochet

Sc2tog – single crochet 2 stitches together

Sc3tog – single crochet 3 stitches together

Pattern Notes

Each sock is worked from toe to cuff.

Mark the first stitch of round with a stitch marker.

To make the sock larger or smaller, adjust gauge by using a smaller or larger hook to naturally change size.

Pattern

Toe

Ch 18, sl st to first ch to join.

Rnd 1: Ch 1, work 24 sc in ring, sl st to first st to join – 24 sts.

Rnd 2: Ch 1, *sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st; rep from * around, sl st to first st to join – 30 sts.

Rnd 3: Ch 1, *sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st; rep from * around, sl st to first st to join – 36 sts.

Rnd 4: Ch 1, *sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st; rep from * around, sl st to first st to join – 42 sts.

Foot

Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc in each st around, do not join.

Rnds 2-30: Working in continuous rounds, sc in each st.

Note: You can make the sock longer or shorter by increasing or decreasing rnds here.

Heel

Rows 1-9: Ch 1, turn, sc in next 21 sts.

Row 10: Ch 1, turn, sc in next 7 sts, sc2tog, sc3tog, sc2tog, sc in next 7 sts – 17 sts.

Row 11: Ch 1, turn, sc in next 5 sts, sc2tog, sc3tog, sc2tog, sc in next 5 sts, turn, sl st to first st of row to join – 13 sts. This will leave an opening that will be sewn together to finish.

Leg

Rnd 1: Ch 1, use the end of rows as edges, sc in next 11 sts, sc in next 21 sts across top of Foot, sc in next 11 sts on opposite edge, sl st to the first st to join – 43 sts.

Rnd 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in the first st, sc in each st around, do not join – 44 sts.

Rnds 3-16: Working in the rnd, sc in each st, sl st to first st of the last rnd to join.

Note: You can make the leg longer by adding more rows before working Cuff.

Cuff

Rnds 1-2: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), *fpdc, bpdc; rep from * around, sl st to the first st to join.

Rnd 3: Ch 1, *fpsc, bpsc; rep from * around, sl st to the first st to join. Fasten off.

Finishing

Using tapestry needle, sew the heel and toe together.

Weave in all ends.