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Ready to drift off the beaten path? Drifter socks is a mix and match sock pattern where you get to choose the journey! Build your own socks from 14 different colourwork charts to make your very own customized socks. Each pair is an adventure and no two are the same.

Drifter socks are designed so you can dig into your stash and give your leftover yarn a new life. You can use fingering weight yarn held single or lace weight yarn held double.

The socks are knitted top-down and in the round, featuring a stranded colourwork motif throughout. The heels are knitted using the afterthought heel technique. It includes sizes for children, teens and adults.

Ease - 10% negative ease

Foot circumference - measured on the widest section of your foot
cm- 11.5, 14, 15.25 (16.5, 17.75, 20.25) 23, 25.5, 28 [30.5, 31.75]
inches - 4½, 5½, 6 (6½, 7, 8) 9, 10, 11 [12, 12½]

Foot length - measured from heel to toe
cm- 12, 14, 17 (19, 21, 24) 26, 28, 32 [33, 33]
inches - 4¾, 5½, 6¾ (7½, 8¼, 9½) 10¼, 11, 12½ [13, 13]

Sock height - measured from heel to co edge
cm- 15, 15, 15 (15, 15, 15) 15, 15, 15, [15, 15]
inches - 6, 6, 6 (6, 6, 6) 6, 6, 6 [6, 6]

Yarn - fingering
Biches & bûches le petit lambswool
colour a - natural white
colour b - fingering weight scrap yarn

Yarn Substitute
Berroco Vintage Sock
Cascade 220 Heritage Solids
Knitpicks Stroll Merino
Knitpicks Capretta
Universal Yarns Uni Merino Mini

Gauge
33 stitches and 40 rows = 10cm x 4”

Needle
2.25mm/us 1

Yardage - calculated based on mismatched pair
Colour a
meters - 80, 130, 180 (235, 285, 330) 385, 430, 485 [535, 585]
yards - 88, 142, 197 (257, 312, 361) 421, 471, 531 [585, 640]

Colour b
meters - 20, 32.5, 45 (59, 72, 83) 96, 107, 122 [133, 145]
yards - 21, 36, 49 (65, 78, 90) 105, 118, 132 [146, 160]