Wearin' O the Green

Wearin' O the Green Knitted Socks

What is Being Made

Wearin' O the Green is a women's average-sized sock pattern designed by Woolly Mammoth Studios. This downloadable knitting pattern creates a pair of socks featuring a decorative picot cuff and a charted leg pattern, making it an ideal project for knitters seeking a more intricate sock design with visual interest beyond basic stockinette construction.

Craft and Primary Technique

This pattern uses knitting as the primary craft method. The socks are constructed using the circular knitting technique worked on double-pointed needles (dpns), which allows for seamless, in-the-round construction. This method is traditional for sock knitting and eliminates the need for seaming, resulting in smooth, comfortable finished socks.

Stitches and Stitch Techniques

The pattern employs several key stitch techniques:

• Stockinette stitch (stst) forms the foundation of the cuff sections, creating a smooth, classic fabric
• Yarn overs (yo) combined with knit two together (k2tog) decreases create the eyelet round that defines the picot cuff detail
• Picot cuff construction involves folding the initial stockinette rounds and grafting them to live stitches, creating a decorative, scalloped edge at the sock opening
• Charted leg pattern introduces a stitch pattern worked from a graph, adding visual complexity and design interest to the leg section
• Knit one round even (k one round even) provides a transition round between the cuff and leg pattern sections

Materials and Gauge

The pattern calls for 100 grams of fingering (sock) weight yarn, which is the standard yarn weight for sock knitting and provides durability and appropriate drape. Knitters will need a set of 5 double-pointed needles in US size 2, along with a large tapestry or darning needle for weaving in ends and any necessary finishing work.

The gauge is 8 stitches equals 1 inch, which is typical for fingering weight yarn and ensures proper sock fit and fabric density. Each repeat of the leg pattern graph measures approximately 1 inch, allowing knitters to customize sock length by working the desired number of pattern repeats.

Pattern Structure and Difficulty

Rated as advanced difficulty, this pattern requires experience with several intermediate-to-advanced techniques. The picot cuff construction, which involves picking up cast-on stitches and grafting them to live stitches on the needles, demands precision and familiarity with stitch manipulation. Additionally, working from a charted stitch pattern adds complexity beyond basic sock construction. The pattern assumes knitters are comfortable with dpn techniques, stitch markers, and reading charts.

Cuff Construction Details

The cuff begins with 64 stitches cast on and divided evenly across 4 double-pointed needles, then joined to work in the round. Knitters work 12 rounds in stockinette stitch, followed by an eyelet round created with yarn overs and knit two together decreases repeated around. After another 12 rounds of stockinette, the picot cuff is formed by folding the initial 12 stockinette rounds to meet the live stitches on the needles. The eyelet round creates the decorative picots along the fold. The grafting process involves picking up each original cast-on stitch and knitting it together with the corresponding live stitch, seamlessly joining the two layers. One final even round completes the cuff before transitioning to the leg pattern.