August Argyles

The socks shown here are typical in construction and design of many 1940s knitting patterns for ladies’ argyle anklets. The instructions are updated to ease your argyle experience.

Read Erika Zambello's related article about her Grandmother's connections to the argyle sock craze in 1955, and how she recreated those connections and designs decades later.

Materials

• West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-Ply, 75% wool (35% Bluefaced Leicester wool), 25% nylon, light fingering weight, 437 yard (400 m)/3.5 oz (100 gram), 1 ball each of Dusty Miller 129 (MC, gray), Cardamom 351 (CC1, green), and Turmeric 358 (CC2, orange)
  
• Needles, size 0 (2.0 mm) single-pointed and set of 4 or 5 double-pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
  
• Optional pair of single-pointed or double-pointed needles, size 000 (1.5 mm) for cuff ribbing
  
• Yarn bobbins for intarsia (optional)
  
• Tapestry needle, size 20
  

Finished measurements: 7¼" (18.4 cm) foot circumference, 9½" (24.1 cm) foot length from center back heel to tip of toe, and 3¾" (9.5 cm) leg length from top of cuff to start of heel flap.

Gauge: 38 sts and 53 rows/rnds = 4" (10.2 cm) in St st after blocking. Always work a swatch when selecting needle size.

Originally published in PieceWork Summer 2021.

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