Product Description
Maryana are cuff-down socks with cables/travelling stitches. You should be comfortable with reading charts and working stitches out of order (using a cable needle or try cableing without one).
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Maryana Mystery Socks by Stefanie Bold
Project Overview
Maryana Mystery Socks is a four-part mystery knitting pattern designed by independent designer Stefanie Bold. This downloadable PDF pattern guides knitters through a progressive sock construction where the design unfolds across four sequential parts. Part 1 covers knitting up to approximately three-quarters of the leg shaft. Part 2 continues through to and includes the heel. Part 3 focuses on the gusset shaping, and Part 4 completes the foot section and toe.
Knitting Techniques and Construction
This intermediate-level pattern employs classic sock knitting techniques worked in the round. The socks are constructed using a top-down method, allowing for custom foot length adjustment. Knitters have flexibility in their needle choice, with the option to work using a set of double-pointed needles (needle set), a single circular needle, or two circular needles—all methods produce the same finished sock.
The pattern incorporates cable work, requiring a cable needle as part of the toolkit. The mystery element means that the full design emerges progressively through each section, creating an engaging knitting experience as the pattern reveals itself.
Stitches and Stitch Patterns
The base fabric is worked in stockinette stitch (glatt rechts in German terminology), which creates a smooth, classic sock fabric. Cable stitches are incorporated as design elements throughout the pattern, adding textural interest and visual complexity to the finished socks.
Yarn and Needle Specifications
Yarn Weight: 4-ply sock yarn (4fach Sockenwollgarn)
Yardage Required: 370 to 490 meters depending on size and custom foot length, with amounts specified for each size option
- Size S: 370 meters
- Size M: 410 meters
- Size L: 450 meters
- Size XL: 490 meters
Needle Size: 2mm needles, or the size required to achieve the specified gauge. Designer Stefanie Bold notes that her personal gauge is tighter than the standard gauge typically used in German-speaking knitting communities, so individual gauge swatching is essential.
Sizing and Fit
The pattern offers four size options based on foot circumference:
- Size S: 20.75 cm foot circumference
- Size M: 22.25 cm foot circumference
- Size L: 23.5 cm foot circumference
- Size XL: 25 cm foot circumference
Foot length is customized to individual measurement rather than being a fixed dimension, allowing for a personalized fit.
Materials and Tools
Beyond yarn and needles, knitters will need a cable needle for working the cable stitches and a blunt tapestry needle for weaving in ends and any finishing seams.
Pattern Format
This is a free, downloadable PDF pattern authored and copyrighted by Stefanie Bold in 2013. The designer, known on Ravelry as stebo79, provides this pattern as a digital download for knitters seeking an engaging mystery sock project with intermediate-level construction techniques.
```Specifications
| Brand: | Independent Designer |
| Yarn Weight: | Fingering |
| Pages: | 38 |
| Designer: | Stefanie Bold |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English, German |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
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