Here's another example of a simple textured pattern that looks fabulous. Worked in worsted weight wool, they knit up fast, too.

Sized for a woman's medium foot, they feature a textured cuff and instep with a plain foot and wedge toe.

This pattern repeat is fully charted with written instructions for shaping, but no line-by-line repeat instructions.

Skill level: Adventurous Beginner/Intermediate - you should be willing to try a simple pattern from knitting charts.

Yarn: Nature Spun Worsted, worsted weight 100% wool in a natural gray color - 2 skeins or about 480 yards of worsted weight yarn. 

Gauge: 6 stitches and 8 rows per inch  

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Here's a simple textured pattern for fast and easy knitting. Need a pair of socks in a hurry? These will fit the bill.

Sized for a woman's medium foot, they feature a textured cuff and instep with a plain foot and wedge toe.

This pattern repeat is fully charted with written instructions for shaping, but no line-by-line repeat instructions.

Skill level: Adventurous Beginner/Intermediate - you should be willing to try a simple pattern from knitting charts.

Yarn: Nature Spun Worsted, worsted weight 100% wool in a natural brown color, or about 480 yards of worsted weight wool. 

Gauge: 6 stitches and 8 rows per inch 

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Here's a simple textured pattern - not really cables, but the stitches do cross over one another. This is an easy pattern to work, so if you're interested in trying a cabled design, jump right in!

Sized for a woman's medium foot, they feature a textured cuff and instep with a plain foot and wedge toe.

This pattern motif is fully charted with written instructions for shaping, but no line-by-line motif instructions (but the chart is easy.)

Skill level: Adventurous Beginner/Intermediate - you should be willing to try working cables from knitting charts.

Yarn: 2 skeins Parfait Solids from Knit One, Crochet Too worsted weight 100% wool in a deep shade of purple, or about 480 yards of worsted weight yarn. 

Gauge: 6 stitches per inch

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Here's a simple cabled pattern for quick knitting. Chainlink Cables is an easy pattern to work, so if you're interested in trying a cabled design, jump right in!

Sized for a man's medium foot, they feature a cabled cuff and instep with a plain foot and wedge toe.

This pattern motif is fully charted with written instructions for shaping, but no line-by-line motif instructions (but the chart is easy.)

Skill level: Adventurous Beginner/Intermediate - you should be willing to try working cables from knitting charts.

Yarn: 2 skeins Nature Spun worsted weight 100% wool in a wonderful shade of gray or about 490 yards worsted weight yarn.

Gauge: 7 stitches per inch

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Here's a simple textured pattern for quick knitting or even a first sock! Veriegated yarns will be easy to manage with this pattern.

Sized for a woman's average foot, they feature a textured cuff and instep with a plain foot and wedge toe.

This pattern motif is fully charted with written instructions for shaping, but no line-by-line motif instructions (but the chart is easy to work.)

Skill level: Beginner - you should be able to knit and purl.

Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts sport weight 100% superwash wool in shades of blue. The yarn came in one large skein measuring 576 yards, and there was plenty left over.

Gauge: 7 stitches per inch

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Another cabled pattern for your knitting pleasure! This pattern is called Serpentine Cables and is fairly easy to work, so if you're interested in trying a cabled design, jump right in!

Sized for a man's medium foot, they feature a cabled cuff and instep with a plain foot and wedge toe.

This pattern motif is fully charted with written instructions for shaping, but no line-by-line motif instructions.

Skill level: Intermediate/Advanced - you should be familiar with working cables from knitting charts.

Yarn: 2 skeins Nature Spun worsted weight 100% wool in a wonderful shade of gray, or 490 yards of worsted weight yarn.

Gauge: 7 stitches per inch.

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Here's a popular item for teens of both sexes - No-Show Socks. We called them booties when I was a teen, and they are back in fashion again. I've written the pattern with 3 cuff options - Garter, Rolled and Pom-Pom (if you want to go retro!)

Sized for a woman's medium foot, these socks feature a simple turned heel and wedge toe. Add 6-10 more stitches and they'll fit your favorite teen boy.

Skill level: Adventurous Beginner - You need not have made a sock, but you should be familiar with DPN needles.

Yarn: DK weight 100% wool in two shades of green, or about 275 meters DK weight yarn

Gauge: 6.5 stitches and 9 rows per inch

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Not for the total beginner, these toe-up, short-row heel, cabled socks are a bit of a challenge! Work them in light, natural colors to really make the cables pop!

Sized for a woman's medium foot, they feature a cabled cuff and instep with a plain foot, short-row heel and wedge toe.

This pattern motif is fully charted with written instructions for shaping, but no line-by-line motif instructions.

Skill level: Intermediate - you should be familiar with working cables from knitting charts.

Yarn: 2 skeins Knittaly worsted weight 100% wool in natural, or 390 meters worsted weight yarn.

Gauge: 6 stitches per inch

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Want something a little different in a cable? This pattern fits the bill! These eccentric cables have a distinct shape while being no harder to work than a traditional, symmetrical cable.

Sized for a woman's medium foot, they feature a cabled cuff and instep with a plain foot and wedge toe.

This pattern motif is fully charted with written instructions for shaping, but no line-by-line motif instructions.

Skill level: Intermediate - you should be familiar with working cables from knitting charts.

Yarn: 2 skeins Nature Spun worsted weight 100% wool in a fabulous blue called "Catblue" or 490 yards worsted weight yarn. These socks won 4th place at the 2004 Oklahoma State Fair! Congrats, Ginny!

Gauge: 6 stitches per inch

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This pattern is perfect for the knitter who wants a challenge. Intricate cables and shaping will keep you interested from start to finish!

Sized for a woman's medium foot, they feature a cabled cuff and instep with a plain foot and wedge toe.

This pattern motif is fully charted with written instructions for shaping, but no line-by-line motif instructions. There are notes on shaping the ankle area for those who like larger or smaller dimensions than found in most "standard" patterns.

Skill level: Advanced - you should be familiar with working cables from knitting charts.

Yarn: 1.5 skeins Cascade 220 worsted weight 100% wool in a soft pink color for these socks, or approx. 330 yards worsted weight yarn.

Gauge: 7 stitches per inch

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Here is the men's version of the pattern above. Intricate cables and shaping will keep you interested from start to finish! This motif works perfectly for an extra-long sock. Kilt hose, anyone?

Sized for a man's medium foot, they feature a cabled cuff and instep with a plain foot and wedge toe.

This pattern motif is fully charted with written instructions for shaping, but no line-by-line motif instructions.

Skill level: Advanced - you should be familiar with working cables from knitting charts.

Yarn: 2 skeins Cascade 220 worsted weight 100% wool in a wonderful natural shade or 440 yards worsted weith yarn.

Gauge: 7 stitches per inch

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This pattern is a two-fer! It features charts for two similar, but quite different looking lace patterns - Cloverleaf Rib and Cloverleaf Cable.

Sized for a woman's medium foot they feature a lacey cuff and instep with a plain foot and wedge toe.

This pattern features an easy to memorize repeat - no chart reading necessary! Perfect for someone new to lace who wants to try something just a little adventurous.

Skill level: Adventurous Beginner - you should be able to knit, purl and be comfortable with YO's and decreases. This would be a good first lacey pattern for someone who is familiar with sock construction.

Yarn: 3 skeins of Cleckheaton cotton/wool yarn for these comfy socks. Any sport weight yarn will do, so long as it has some stretch...About 375 yards worth

Gauge: 6 stitches and 8 rows per inch

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These socks are sized for a woman's medium foot and feature a lacey cuff and foot worked in an Orenburg favorite called Cat's Paws.

Skill level: Adventurous Beginner - you should be able to knit, purl and be comfortable with YO's and decreases. The repeat is only 6 stitches, so even if you've never knit lace, this pattern will likely be do-able.

This would be a good first lacey pattern for someone who is familiar with sock construction.

Yarn: 1+ skeins Plymouth Galway 100% wool yarn - if you find yourself a little short, save the toes for last and work them in a contrasting color, as Kelley did here, or make the cuffs a little shorter. Approx 300 yards worsted weight yarn

Gauge: 6 stitches per inch

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These socks are sized for a woman's medium foot and feature a lacey cuff with a plain foot worked in a lace pattern called Herringbone Lace.

This pattern features an easy to memorize repeat - no chart reading necessary! Perfect for someone new to lace who wants to try something just a little adventurous.

Skill level: Adventurous Beginner - you should be able to knit, purl and be comfortable with YO's and decreases. The repeat is only 4 stitches, so even if you've never knit lace, this pattern will likely be do-able.

This would be a good first lacey pattern for someone who is familiar with sock construction.

Yarn: 2 skeins Nature Spun Sport weight 100% wool yarn, or 368 yards sport weight yarn

Gauge: 6 stitches and 8 rows per inch

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These socks are sized for a woman's medium foot and feature a lacey cuff and sock top worked in a lace pattern called Bead Stitch. The bottom, flap heel and toe are worked plain, making them as easy to wear as they are to look at.

This pattern comes with charts and instructions as well as line-by-line instructions for the lace motif.

Skill level: Adventurous Beginner/Intermediate - you should be familiar with knit charts and be able to knit, purl and be comfortable with lace patterns. Because lace patterns have so much stress, even tension is crucial.

This would be a good first lacey pattern for someone who is familiar with sock construction.

Yarn: 3 skeins Koigu KPM in color 2370, or 350+ yards of fingering weight yarn

Gauge: 6 stitches and 8 rows per inch

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These socks are sized for a woman's medium/large foot and feature small Fair Isle designs called Peeries. There were so many to choose from that I had a hard time deciding, so this pattern comes with charts to make two very different socks, and the peerie patterns can be mixed and matched to suit your whim.

This pattern comes with charts and instructions but no line-by-line motif instructions.

Skill level: Adventurous Beginner - you should be familiar with knit charts and be able to knit, purl and be comfortable with two-color knitting. If you would like to purchace this pattern but are unsure of your knitting level, send me a note and I can include more detailed instructions. This would be a good first color pattern for someone who is familiar with sock construction.

Yarn: 3 skeins Nature Spun - 100% wool in worsted weight - different colors as you choose

Gauge: 5.5 stitches per inch

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These socks are sized for those of us with narrow feet (or those 'tweens in your life.) I guess I would call them a women's small. The pattern is a combination of lace and cables, with the bottom of the foot knit plain. The heel is a Dutch heel with flap and the toe is knit plain.

This pattern comes with charts and instructions but no line-by-line motif instructions.

Skill level: Adventurous Beginner - you should be familiar with knit charts and be able to knit, purl and make a cable. If you would like to purchace this pattern but are unsure of your knitting level, send me a note and I can include more detailed instructions.

Yarn: 2 skeins of Plymouth Galway 100% wool yarn in worsted weight. The color is a peachy-orange.