Painted Waves Socks - Knitting Pattern PDF

Perfect for stash-busting yarns or mini sets, these scrappy socks are designed to be very versatile depending on how many colors you want to use and how much colorwork you want to do. You can use as few as two colors up to however many colors you want, even using a different color for every chart repeat, for a truly scrappy sock!

Make Style 1 (sample 1) if you want only some colorwork on your sock - mostly on the leg plus a small decoration at the end of the foot, with the rest of the sock knit in relaxing stockinette stitch. Make Style 2 (samples 2 & 3) if you want to work the colorwork over the entire sock. You’ll get different looks depending on if you alternate just two colors, change colors every chart repeat (pink & red sample, which alternates five colors) or change colors after every two chart repeats while holding one color throughout (dark brown sample).

This pattern is also on Ravelry. Pattern has been test knitted and tech edited - thank you to my tech editor, Heather Storta!

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Construction

These socks are knit cuff-down starting with a 2x2 rib, followed by the colorwork pattern over the leg. Follow Style 1 directions to make your sock only with colorwork on the leg, followed by stockinette stitch, and finishing with a colorwork detail at the end of the foot. Follow Style 2 directions to work colorwork over the entire sock. Both styles use a shadow wrap short row heel, in which you don’t need to wrap the stitches, but you can use another heel method if you prefer.

Sizes

Small (Medium, Large, X-Large)

Finished sock measurements for Style 1 (leg colorwork only)
Foot circumference: 7 (8, 9, 10)” / 18 (20.5, 23, 25.5) cm
For the leg-only colorwork style, choose a size with approx 1” / 2.5 cm of negative ease.

Finished sock measurements for Style 2 (all over colorwork)
Foot circumference: 7.5 (8.5, 9.5, 10.25)” / 19 (21.5, 24, 26) cm
For the all over colorwork style, choose a size with approx 0.5 - 0” / 1.25 - 0 cm of negative ease.

Gauge

34 sts and 36 rnds = 4" / 10 cm in colorwork st st, blocked
32 sts and 42 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in st st, blocked

Materials

- US size 1 / 2.25 mm, 32” circular or longer for magic loop or DPNs or 9” circular (as preferred), or size needed to achieve gauge.
- Stitch marker
- Yarn needle

Yarn

Any sock yarn will work as long as you obtain gauge. I used Campfiber Yarns Vibrant 80/20 Fingering, and Birch Grove 80/20 Fingering (Sample 1), Sewrella Yarn 80/20 Nylon Sock (Sample 2), and Handful of Yarn 75/25 Sock plus Birch Grove 80/20 Fingering (Sample 3).