Sock Knitting Kit - Coxswain (Choose Your Yarn)

Choose your colour! Before purchasing this item please make a note of the yarn colour you would like included in the kit by visiting the 4 ply Chora or Sparkle Yarn page. Please make a note of the yarn name as you will be asked to specify this on the order. 

OR you can choose a colour from the Dyed to Order page which will be dyed to order on a Chora base (75% Merino / 25% Nylon) for you.

This kit contains:

• Your choice of 1 x 100g skein of Chora or Sparkle Yarn (the yarn used in the pattern photos is Clear Water)
• 1 pattern (PDF or print)
• 1 removable marker

In addition you will need*:

• 1 set of 2.5mm double pointed needles 

About this Pattern

Can you hear the coxswain calling out to the shell boat crew? You are at the helm of your knitting, and handknit socks are a great way to express that.

Coxswain Socks are worked from the top down, launching with a ribbed cuff and transitioning to a lace panel down the front. Choose a solid or semi-solid sock yarn to let the lace stand out. Triangles of purls along the midline are like the hull cutting through the surface. Eyelets form the oars as they dip into the water, all in sync. You’ll stay on course until it’s time to work the eye of partridge heel flap and gusset. Then, it’s back to the lace and a race to the finish!

The Coxswain sock pattern is a basic adult sock pattern with a simple lace and triangle texture panel running down the front of the sock. The pattern is written for 3 adult sizes and video tutorials are provided for the stitches and techniques used to make the socks.

This pattern includes links to video tutorials for:

• Dividing stitches over DPN’s
• Picking up the heel gusset slip stitches
• Kitchener stitch to close the toe

Skills / Techniques Used – Knit, purl, slip stitch, short rows, eyelets, decreases

Sizes and Measurements

Hand knit socks are designed to be slightly smaller than the foot length to give a small amount of negative ease. This means that they will hug the foot and leg and stay in place. The sizes given are a ‘to fit’ size. The actual socks will be slightly smaller to allow a little stretch for a snug fit.

The sizes given in this pattern are for adult sizes in small, medium and large. To determine which size sock to knit you will need to measure your foot as follows:

Circumference – Take a tape measure and wrap this around the widest part of your foot, just before your toes.

Length – Take a ruler and place it on the floor. With the back of your heel on ‘0’ measure the length to the top of your longest toe.

If your measurements are in between the sizes given, select the nearest circumference size as the length can be easily adjusted to fit.

• Small Adult - 8” / 20.5cm foot circumference and 8.5” / 21.5cm length from tip of toe to back of heel
• Medium Adult - 9” / 23cm foot circumference and 9.25” / 23.5cm length from tip of toe to back of heel
• Large Adult - 9.75” / 25cm foot circumference and 10” / 25.5cm length from tip of toe to back of heel

The size shown in the pattern photographs is for the small adult.

Gauge - 32 stitches and 44 rnds to 4” / 10cm in stockinette stitch after blocking

*There will be an option to purchase these additional items on your order.