Lover's lane socks

Lover's Lane Socks by Corrina Ferguson

What is Being Made

Lover's Lane Socks is a downloadable knitting pattern for a pair of socks designed by Corrina Ferguson. This project creates fitted socks available in three sizes: small, medium, and large, with the largest size accommodating women's size 10 wide feet. The pattern is suitable for knitters with intermediate-level skills and uses superwash sock yarn for durability and easy care.

Knitting Techniques Used

This sock pattern employs several fundamental and intermediate knitting techniques. The socks are constructed using circular knitting, worked in the round on a 40-inch circular needle to create seamless fabric. The pattern incorporates shaping techniques including decreases and yarn overs to form the sock structure. Knitters will use the backwards loop cast-on method to begin the project, then join stitches to work continuously in circular rounds. The pattern includes both knit and purl stitches to create texture and stitch definition throughout the design.

Stitches and Stitch Techniques

The Lover's Lane Socks pattern utilizes a variety of essential knitting stitches and decreasing methods:

• Basic stitches: Knit (k) and purl (p) stitches form the foundation of the pattern
• Decreases: Knit 2 together (k2tog), purl 2 together (p2tog), and slip-slip-knit (ssk) are used for shaping. The ssk technique involves slipping two stitches knitwise one at a time to the right needle, then inserting the left needle into the front of these stitches and knitting them together
• Advanced decreases: Slip 2 stitches together knitwise, knit the next stitch, and pass both slipped stitches over together (s2kp) creates a centered double decrease
• Yarn overs (yo): Used to create decorative eyelet holes and lace elements within the sock design
• Slip stitches (sl): Slip one stitch purlwise unless otherwise indicated in the pattern instructions

Materials and Tools

The Lover's Lane Socks pattern requires specific materials to achieve the correct fit and fabric quality. Knitters will need one skein of Politically Incorrect Superwash Sock yarn in the Bring Your Own Boy colorway, which provides 100 grams and 440 yards of yarn. This yardage is sufficient for completing one pair of socks. The yarn weight is 3-ply or 4-ply, making it ideal for sock construction with excellent stitch definition.

Essential tools include a 40-inch circular needle in size 1.5 (2.5 mm), specifically an Addi Turbo brand needle, which facilitates smooth, seamless knitting in the round. A tapestry needle is required for weaving in yarn ends and finishing the completed socks. The pattern specifies a gauge of 30 stitches and 44 rows over 4 inches, which determines the final sock dimensions and fit. Cast-on requirements vary by size: small requires 56 stitches, medium requires 62 stitches, and large requires 68 stitches.