Dainty Ankles Socks
Dressy socks for your little miss in baby size and child size 10-12, sporting a delicate traditional heel and round toe. Corresponding shoe sizes are 3-7 and 8-13.
Finished Measurements
5 (7)” [12.5 (18) cm] foot circumference
Materials
• Fingering weight yarn, approx 80 (160) yds [73 (146.5) m]
• US size 1 [2.5 mm] dpn set of five or two 16” circular needles or size needed to achieve gauge
• Stitch marker
• Yarn needle
Gauge
32 sts & 48 rnds = 4” [10 cm] in St st after blocking
Skills Used
Knitting in the round, decreases, lace, picking up stitches
Yarns used: (r) Shibui Sock, color Jonquil; (l) Claudia Hand Painted Yarns Fingering, color, Baby Girl.
Construction
Sock begins at the lacy rib cuff, moves on to the round heel and Stockinette stitch foot, and ends with a round toe, eliminating the need for grafting.