Cabled Socks

Materials

Fingering weight yarn – about 400 yds for 2socks.Clover C-Hook (2.5 mm)

Skill level

Intermediate to Experienced

Notes

Toe is worked in a spiral, do not joinrounds, mark beginning of each round witha stitch marker or a scrap of yarn.Cables are worked in rounds, join each rowwith a sl st.Ch 2 counts as 1st dc.

Stitch guide

Sc: single crochetSc inc: 2 sc in a stitchSc dec: sc decreaseDc: double crochetFpdc: front post double crochetBpdc: back post double crochetFptr: front post treble crochetSl st: slip stitchBeg ch-2: beginning of chain 2

Special Stitches

Cable Twist

: sk 2 dc, fptr in next 2 dc, fptrin 2 skipped dc

Cable

: fpdc in next 4 st

Gauge

Cable

a pattern repeat is [cable or cable twist andbpdc (fpdc, bpdc) twice]1 pattern repeat = 1 5/16"3 pattern repeats = 4"1 full cable is (1 cable twist row and 3 cablerows)1 full cable = 3/4"4 full cables = 3"

Toe

7 sc = 1"9 rows = 1"Ch 7Rnd 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in samesp, sc in next 4 ch, sc inc in the last ch,working on the opposite side of thefoundation, sc inc in 1st st, sc in the freeloop of the next 4 ch, sc inc. (16 sc)Rnd 2: do not join, work in spiral. Sc inc, scin next 6 sc, sc inc twice, sc in next 6 sc, scinc. (20 sc)Rnds 3-10: work 2 sc inc at each side of foot,work sc across toes. (24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44,48, 52)Rnds 11- 17: sc around (52)Rnd 18: sc around, sc inc in last st (53)Rnd 19: sl st into next st, Ch 2, dc around(53 dc)Rnd 20: ch 2, (fpdc, bpdc) twice, [(sk 2 dc,fptr in next 2 dc, fptr in 2 skipped dc, cabletwist made), bpdc (fpdc, bpdc) twice] 5