Yoga Socks, Yoga Socks and Yoga Socks

My current favorite kind of project: yoga socks - this is a really simple pattern, or rather a quick "how to".




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Materials

• about 25-30 grams of fingering weight yarn
• two 4mm needles (for cast on)
• 3mm dpns
• tapestry needle (to bind off and to weave in ends)

Special Techniques

• The "Elizabeth Zimmermann's sewn bind off" technique that I used is described in this knitty-article.

Instructions

• CO60 with 4mm needles and join in round
• change to 3mm needles (using bigger needles for CO will make the cast-on stretchier)
• knit 34 rounds of "p1 k3 p1"-ribbing (this is basically "p2 k3"-ribbing, but by starting with p1 k3, the opening will start end end in the middle of a purl channel)
• in 35th round: BO30 and finish round in ribbing-pattern
• in 36th round: CO30 (knitted cast-on) and finish round in ribbing pattern
• knit 33 more rows of "p1 k3 p1"-ribbing
• BO using sewn bind off technique - also very stretchy
  (list of BO techniques: http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/FEATsum06TT.html)

 

Variations - also in fingering weight sock yarn

• CO64 with 3.5mm needles and then change to 2.5mm needles and knit "p2 k2"-ribbing
  
  and/or
  
  
• Knit 36 rounds for the ankle part - and only 25 rounds for the foot part

This pattern is part of the "Knitting in the Round: 10 Knit Sock Patterns and Knitted Slipper Patterns Free eBook" on allfreeknitting.com.