A Machine Knitting Basic Socks // Design by Barb Barone
These basic socks are designed to be machine knit flat with fingering-weight sock yarn on the LK 150 knitting machine. Once you see how simple it is to knit socks on your flatbed knitting machine, you will be making a pair for everyone you know!
This pattern is free for School of SweetGeorgia members.
Skill Level
- Intermediate
Yarn
- 1 skein SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in Snowfall (C2) (425 yd / 388m per 4 oz / 115 g skein; 80% easy-care merino, 20% nylon)
- 3 SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock Mini-Skeins, one mini-skein each in Dark Orchid (C1), Lavender (C2), and Summer Sky (C4)(105 yd / 96 m mini skeins; 80% easy-care merino, 20% nylon)
Machine Settings & Tools
- Machine: Silver Reed LK 150 Stitch Setting 1.5, Tension 3
- Tools: (2) 12" / 30 cm ravel cords (or DMC cotton), (2) Size 0 US / 2.0 mm circular knitting needle, 24" / 60 cm long
Gauge
- 28.5 sts and 38 rows = 4" / 10 cm in stockinette stitch with yarn held single, after blocking, measured along one edge
Please note that changes in gauge will affect yardage used and final measurements
Finished Measurements
- Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5)
- Foot Circumference: 4 (6, 7 ¼, 8, 9)" / 10.2 (15.2, 18.4, 20.3, 22.9) cm
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Foot Length: 4 ½ ( 7 ½, 7 ½, 8 ½, 10)" / 11.4 (19.1, 19.1, 21.6, 25.4) cm
Shown in size 3 with 1 ¾" / 4.4 cm of negative ease. Choose a size with a foot circumference 15-20% smaller than actual foot circumference.
Pattern includes an 11-page PDF.
Read more about the MK Basics Socks project at the SweetGeorgia Blog.
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 Barb Barone's Machine Knitting: Socks online course!