Beginner Socks for a Circular Sock Machine // Design by Felicia Lo
A simple sock recipe you can customize to any size. It is as easy as making a tension swatch, finding your favourite sock fabric, and using those measurements to create the perfect pair of cozy socks in a stockinette, ribbed, or striped design!
This pattern is free for School of SweetGeorgia members.
Skill Level
- Beginner
Yarn
- Stockinette Socks: 1 skein SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in Fizzy Water (425 yds / 388 m per 4 oz / 115 g skein; 80% easy-care merino, 20% nylon)
- Mock Rib Socks: 1 skein SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in Coastline or Sea Glass (425 yds / 388 m per 4 oz / 115 g skein; 80% easy-care merino, 20% nylon)
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Striped Socks: 1 SweetGeorgia Sock Kit in Rose Canyon (425 yds / 388 m per 4 oz / 115 g skein; 80% easy-care merino, 20% nylon)
Note: One skein of SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock is generally enough to make one pair of socks (sized Ladies 7-9). Larger socks may require two skeins.
Machine Settings & Tools
- Knitting Machine: circular sock knitting machine with 64-stitch cylinder
Adjust cylinder size if necessary, to obtain your ideal gauge -
Heel forks, stem weights, pick tool, cast-on bonnet, buckle, darning needle, waste yarn, ravel cord.
Please also see our list of recommended Essential Circular Sock Machine CSM Tools & Accessories.
Gauge
- 8.5 sts and 11 rnds = 1″ / 2.54 cm in stockinette, after blocking
Please note changes in gauge will affect yardage used and final measurements.
Finished Measurements
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XXX” / XXX cm circumference, unstretched
This pattern is available for download in the School of SweetGeorgia Pattern Library. Not yet an SOS member? Visit the School of SweetGeorgia for online fibre arts workshops and resources to help expand your skills and discover new techniques, including Felicia's Circular Sock Machine: Foundations online course!