The Aloe Socks are designed to keep your feet nice and toasty. The pattern uses two-coloured dip stitches, a technique that looks hard, but is actually easy to get to grips with. The extra yarn this method uses creates even more squish and warmth.
The socks are knitted from the cuff down, with a heel flap and gusset, and rounded toe shaping. The pattern covers five circumference sizes (22cm to 29cm).
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Buy Aloe Socks Pattern
Aloe Socks can be purchased on Etsy, Provenance Craft Co (where I have pay what you can and hardcopy options) and Ravelry. It was originally published in 52 Weeks of Socks by Laine. Click on your preferred icon for more pattern details, or to purchase:
Finished Measurements
Sock circumference: 19cm/7.5″ (21.5cm/8.5″, 24cm/9.5″) [26cm/10.25″, 29cm/11.5″]
Cuff to top of heel flap: 13.25cm/5.25″
Materials Required
Yarn: Yarn A – RiverKnits Nene 4ply; 100g/ 400m/ 437yds; 100% British Bluefaced Leicester. Yarn B – RiverKnits Chimera; 50g/ 195m/ 213yds; 100% British Bluefaced Leicester.
UK3/ EU36 – UK11/ EU46 need between 100g/ 400m/ 437yds and 125g/ 500m/ 545yds of Yarn A AND 20g/ 80m/ 90yds and 25g/ 100m/ 110yds of Yarn B
Stitches & Techniques
- knit, knit through back loop, purl, dip stitch left, dip stitch right, k2tog, p2tog, ssk
- cuff down, knitted in the round, heel flap and gusset, grafting
tutorials for Aloe Socks
If you are new to some of the techniques used in the Aloe Socks, here are some tutorials to help you make them:
- Measuring foot circumference and length – click here for a video tutorial, OR here for a photo tutorial
- Two-coloured dip stitches – click here for a video tutorial, OR here for a photo tutorial
- Grafting – click here for a video tutorial, OR here for a photo tutorial
Yarns used
- Sample 1 uses Snowdonia Sock by Garthenor
- Sample 2 uses Nene 4ply and Chimera by RiverKnits
Other Patterns You Might Like
- Aloe Hat
- Aloe Mittens
- Blathan Socks
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