Easy Heel Colorblock Socks Pattern Download
Our Easy Heel Colorblock Socks do an ingenious job of avoiding the potentially difficult heel- and gusset-shaping of traditional patterns. Here, you knit the whole leg and foot as a tube, stopping along the way for a couple of scrap-yarn half-rows, which you later pick up in order to knit the heel in the round… Amazing for first-time sock knitters, and anyone else who likes a simple trick! And it’s even knitter’s choice whether you’re a top-down (cuff-to-toe) or bottom-up (toe-to-cuff) kind of person. Our Easy Heel Colorblock Socks Pattern has instructions for both directions and for both kids and adults. Knit up in our wonderfully soft, hand-dyed, machine washable Posy, choose from a bouquet of extraordinary colors, and put just the right feeling in all the right places! For more information, including materials, gauge, and sizes, please click Product Details, above.
NOTE: This pattern may look new, but it's the same as our original Easy Heel Colorblock Socks pattern, just with new skein recommendations for Posy's new 50-gram skein size!
Materials
- MAIN COLOR: 2 (2, 2, 2, 3) skeins of Purl Soho’s Posy, 75% superwash merino, 15% cashmere, and 10% nylon. Each skein is 159 yards/ 50 grams; approximately 210-240 (235-265, 265-295, 285-320, 310-355) yards required, depending on foot length. We used Heirloom White for one pair and Cloudless Sky for the other.
NOTE: If making very long foot for size 9 socks, you may possibly need 3 skeins. If making short foot for size 10 socks, you may only need 2 skeins.
- COLOR A (Cuff): 1 skein of Posy. Approximately 60 (75, 85, 100, 110) yards required. With the Heirloom White pair, we used Basil Green. With the Cloudless Sky pair, we used Bellflower Blue.
- COLOR B (Toe): 1 skein of Posy. Approximately 20 (25, 35, 40, 50) yards required. With the Heirloom White pair, we used Sour Gooseberry. With the Cloudless Sky pair, we used Azalea Glow.
- COLOR C (Heel): 1 skein of Posy. Approximately 30 (35, 45, 50, 60) yards required. With the Heirloom White pair, we used Pink Papaya. With the Cloudless Sky pair, we used Blue Dusk.
You will also need…
- A set of US 0 (2 mm) double pointed needles
- A few yards of fingering weight scrap yarn
- For Toe-Up Version Only: A size B–E (2.5–3.5 mm) crochet hook for Provisional Cast On
Gauge
34 stitches and 50 rounds = 4 inches in stockinette stitch
Sizes
6 (7, 8, 9, 10), to fit kids to adults
Choose a size that is approximately 1–2 inches smaller than circumference of wearer’s foot.
- Foot Circumference: 6, (7, 8, 9, 10) inches
- Foot Length: Adjustable
SAMPLES: Both pairs pictured here are size 8.
