Easy Hiker
sock knitting pattern

This top-down, textured rib sock in five sizes XS(S, M, L, XL) is super simple to knit but oh-so-useful for men, women, and kids on the go. Worked in a warm, wooly yarn, it is a hiking/rowing/snowshoeing essential to stripe as you like or not! Work in a single shade, the leg is reversible and can be cuffed with style. Its stretchy, airy rib allows for excellent wicking and quick drying in hot or wet conditions. It is a fun and very portable project—plus, a gift that says you think the most of a special someone.

Shown here is size S in Zwartbles Marls, color Quail's Egg

Suggested Yarns:
Zwartbles Marls, Border Leicester Fingering, Seasons Fingering, Better Breakfast Fingering, Stone Soup Fingering, Blues Singer Fingering, Jacob Fingering, Shetlandia Fingering, or any heavy fingering/light sport yarn that knits to pattern gauge

Substituting yarn and/or needles may result in an overall variation in size, elasticity, and yardage requirement. 

Finished Size:
6.75(7.75, 8.75, 9.75, 10.75) inches in circumference (washed and blocked), to fit feet measuring up to 8(9, 10, 11, 12) inches around ball of foot

Yarn requirements (based on average adult foot lengths):
Main Color (MC): 300(350, 400, 450, 500) yards 
Optional Contrast Color (CC): 12(15, 20, 25, 30) yards 
For solid sock:  312(365, 420, 475, 530) yards

Gauge:
30 sts and 46 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch (knit flat, washed, and air-dried)
32 sts and 48 rows = 4 inches in pattern stitch (knit flat, washed, and air-dried) 

Needles:
DPNs size 1US (2.25 mm), or size to obtain correct gauge  
Note: pattern is written for construction on DPNs, but any circular method may be used