impasto socks

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About the Pattern

The Impasto Socks are my first sock design and second collaboration with Rachel of Zeezee Textiles. The stitch pattern used mimics the raised texture of the impasto technique, commonly found in oil painting. It’s a rhythmic, easy-to-memorize pattern that only uses increases and decreases.

The pattern is written for magic loop, and it includes both toe-up and cuff-down instructions. The socks are designed with a Fleegle heel and feature a contrast toe and 2x1 ribbed cuff. The stitch pattern is both charted and written.

Pattern tech edited by Sylvan Tsai.

Photos by @k13ra.

Sizes
(1, 2) [3, 4]

(6, 7.2) [8.4, 9.6] in // (15, 18) [21, 24] cm
finished circumference

Gauge (measured over 4 in // 10 cm)
40 sts x 56 rows in stockinette st worked in the rnd, measured after blocking

Skills Required
Turkish cast on/German twisted CO, knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, Fleegle heel, Kitchener stitch, binding off

Materials

Yarn - fingering weight (includes 10% overage)
MC: one skein (100g) 
(290, 317) [370, 396] yards OR
(266, 290) [339, 363] meters

CC: one mini skein (20g) 
(48, 53) [62, 66] yards OR
(45, 48) [57, 61] meters

Suggested Yarn
Zeezee Textiles Silk Sock
80% Superwash Merino, 20% Silk
400 yds per 100g

MC: Zorn’s Palette
CC: Ébauche

Sample (Size 3 toe-up) used Zorn’s Palette as the MC and Ébauche as the CC.

Suggested Needles
US 1 (2.25 mm) 32” (80 cm) circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions
Removable stitch marker, tapestry needle

Note: you will receive a digital pdf download, not a finished knit item.