In the post about ribbing knitting patterns yesterday, there was a pattern for a pair of socks that used ribbing everywhere — on the leg and all the way down the foot on both the top and bottom of the foot.
While that makes a super stretchy and clingy sock, walking on ribbing isn’t always the comfortable. It’s also a little bulkier than straight stockinette and might not fit as well in a shoe.
There’s always the option to do ribbing down the full length of the leg but then stop and do stockinette for the foot portion of the sock.
That’s the approach taken on these classic boot socks, which look a lot like hiking socks you might have purchased before you could knit your own.
They use a contrasting yarn for the top of the cuff, heel and toe, but of course you can work them all in one color or use a self-striping yarn if you’d rather.
The pattern is sized for a medium-sized woman’s foot. It’s available from Darling Jadore on Etsy.
[Photo: Darling Jadore.]
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