Lighthouse Gansey Sock <br/><small>knitting pattern</small>

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A top-down sock featuring a traditional gansey motif on the upper leg, with ribbing to the toe, so that the total effect is of a stately lighthouse. Worked in a heavier sock or spo rt yarn (as shown), it will be sized to fit a man’s foot; in lighter-weight yarns on smaller needles, it will be slimmer to fit a female foot. Shown here in Better Breakfast Fingering, color Muesli Suggested Yarns: Better Breakfast Fingering, Stone Soup Fingering, or Modern Deco Sport Substituting yarn and/or needles may result in an overall variation in size, drape, or yardage requirement. Finished Size: sock circumference = 9.5” to fit feet up to 10.5” (8.25” in lighter yarn to fit feet up to 9.5”) Yarn Requirements: 375 yards of heavy sock or sport-weight yarn for men’s medium (socks with total foot length of more than 11 inches will require more yardage) 425 yards of lighter-weight sock yarn for the narrower sock Gauge: 28 sts and 40 rows = 4” in heavier yarn; 32 sts and 44 rows = 4” in lighter-weight yarn Needles: DPNs size 1 (2.25mm) Show more