NOTE: This listing is for a printed copy of the pattern.
Play ball! We couldn’t have a Charm City collection without an homage to the heart of Baltimore sports, the Orioles. Camden Yards’ main gate is on Eutaw Street, and I’ve spent many a night there, joining the throngs of fans in black and orange.
Knee high, as baseball socks should be, these socks feature offset ribbing at the cuff and garter stitch boot straps that run the length of the leg and travel down the foot. Worked from the cuff down, this is a great pattern for team colors, self-striping yarn or using up leftovers.
Finished measurements: 7 ½ (8, 8 ½, 9, 9 ½)”/19 (20, 21 ½, 23, 24) cm foot circumference; 10 ½ (11, 11 ½, 12, 12 ½)”/26 ½ (28, 29, 30 ½, 32) cm calf circumference, unstretched.
It is recommended that socks be worn with ¾ - 1” negative ease
Yarn: Or fingering weight yarn, approximately 300 (300, 350, 350, 400) yd/275 (275, 320, 320, 365) m of MC, 100 (100, 150, 150, 200) yd/90 (90, 140, 140, 180) m ea of 2 contrast colors.
See our Go Team! Sock Sets here.
Needles: Set US 1/2.25 mm DPNs, 2 24”/60 cm circular needles, or 1 40”/100 cm+ circular needle for magic loop, or size to obtain gauge
Notions: Stitch markers, yarn needle
Notions: Tapestry needle, stitch markers and scrap yarn
Gauge: 22 stitches by 32 rows is 4 inches garter on US size 5 needles. (unblocked)