THE DESIGN

The sock we return to again and again.

Our mothers (and their mothers) knew this sock by heart, with its vertical heel flap, turned heel, picked up gussets and grafted toe. For many of us, its the first sock we learned and our point of departure into the ever-widening world of socks. While we love some of the new approaches, we return again and again to this straightforward, comfy basic. Once you understand its simple structure, improvise to your hearts content.

FINISHED SIZE
Medium adult: medium width; up to 10″/25cm foot.

FINGERING-WEIGHT VERSION
1 skein CascadeHeritage Handpaint(437 yds/400m); shown lower left (on right) in Color 9922. Or approx. 350 yds/320m of an equivalent fingering-weight yarn such as the amazingly long-wearing and lovelyRegia4-Ply.
Set of 4 double-point needles, US 1 (2.25mm) or 1 12 (2.5mm). Approx. 32 sts = 4″/10cm in