Ladie's Socks in Regia 4 Ply 50g and 4 Ply Tweed - 5415 - Downloadable PDF

Ladies' Trachten Socks Knitting Pattern – Schachenmayr Regia 4 Ply (Design 5415)

This free downloadable PDF knitting pattern from Schachenmayr (published under the Coats PLC copyright, 2013) provides instructions for a pair of traditional-style ladies' Trachten socks — the German word Trachtensocken referring to folk or heritage-inspired hosiery often worn with traditional Alpine or Bavarian costume. The design combines two complementary Regia 4 Ply yarns to create a textured, characterful sock with decorative stitch patterning and charming finishing details.

What Is Being Made

The pattern produces a pair of ladies' knee-length or ankle socks in a traditional Trachten style. The finished socks feature decorative zigzag (Zackenmuster) patterning worked from a stitch chart, a textured main body pattern (Grundmuster) also worked from a chart, and neat finishing details including antler horn buttons and leather cord ties — giving the socks an authentic folk-costume aesthetic. These details make the socks suitable not just as everyday knitwear but as a considered handmade accessory to accompany traditional dress.

Materials Required

Yarn

• Regia 4fädig Tweed (Regia 4 Ply Tweed) – 100 g in shade Fb 10 Borke Tweed, a warm bark-toned tweed colourway providing rustic texture and depth
• Regia 4fädig (Regia 4 Ply) – 50 g in shade Fb 2046 Beige meliert, a soft heathered beige used as the contrasting or complementary colour

Both yarns are 4 ply weight (known as fingering weight in some regions), the standard weight for sock knitting. Regia is a well-established sock yarn brand under Schachenmayr, renowned for its durability, stitch definition, and suitability for fine-gauge knitting on double-pointed needles.

Needles and Notions

• Regia double-pointed needle set (Nadelspiel), size 2–3 — a set of five needles used for knitting in the round, which is the standard construction method for seamless socks
• 2 antler horn buttons (Hirschhornknöpfe) from SECO, article number 3160, 25 mm — these decorative buttons reinforce the traditional Trachten character of the design
• 2 leather cord ties (Lederbändchen), for example from Union Knopf, article number 1231 — available from specialist haberdashery retailers, these add an authentic finishing touch to the sock cuff or leg

Techniques Used

The socks are knitted in the round using a set of double-pointed needles, which is the traditional and most widely used method for producing seamless, tube-shaped sock fabric. Knitting in the round means that the right side of the work always faces the knitter, which simplifies the reading of stitch charts and the execution of textured patterns.

• Casting on in the round — the pattern begins with 100 stitches cast on across the needle set
• Knitting in the round — all rounds are worked continuously without turning the work
• Chart reading — two separate stitch charts (Strickschrift A and Strickschrift B) are used, requiring the knitter to follow charted symbols round by round
• Heel and toe construction — standard sock construction techniques for shaping the heel turn and toe (details within the full PDF instructions)
• Button and cord attachment — finishing work involves sewing on the antler horn buttons and attaching leather cord ties as decorative embellishments

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

Glatt rechts (Stocking Stitch / Stockinette in the Round)