Chase's Favorite Toe-up Sock Recipe | Black Squirrel Designs

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So you want to learn to knit toe-up socks? Then you’ve come to the right place! Chase has tried them all, made all the mistakes, and found their favorite combination of techniques for an easy, enjoyable, and well-fitting sock. Below is the full tutorial, including links to the best tutorials they’ve found for all the stitches you need to know. We hope you enjoy making their sock recipe! It combines a toe made with Judy's Magic Cast-On and a simple Fleegle heel that doesn't require any picking up of stitches or grafting, making it a quick, easy, and satisfying knit. Pattern includes tips on shaping for larger calves.

This is a vanilla (plain stockinette) sock recipe. Use it to make your own sock design by adding texture patterns, contrasting heels & toes, stripes, or whatever makes your heart sing. It is the basis for her Dad Jokes Socks, Keep Going Socks, and Safety Third Socks; all of which are free pdf downloads. The images shows this recipe with the pattern stitch from the Hermione’s Everyday Socks by Erica Lueder.

Yarn: any sock yarn with at least 400 yards in a 100g skein.

Needles: US1.5 (2.5mm) the pattern is designed for double pointed needles with guidance on converting to magic loop.

Chase Clark is a talented multi-craftual being. She is also the founder and first owner of Black Squirrel Yarns then called The Black Squirrel. This is a free pattern, just as all her patterns are free, because they are her gifts to her wonderful crafting community.