We needed some warm socks to keep our wriggling baby’s feet warm when the cooler weather arrives. Some socks which will stay on while he’s playing and practising to crawl.

The diagonal rib pattern on these socks means that they are very elastic, so there’s no need for heel shaping and they will fit a large range of sizes.

Knitted from the top down on double-pointed needles, the pattern describes how to make the knitting easy for yourself (by rearranging the stitches after each block of texture) and the instructions include left and right slanting stripes - what a neat trick!!

The treat is not having to keep on pulling them up!

Knitted from one 50g DK/light worsted yarn: 109 - 120 yards (100 - 110 m)
Needles: 3.5 mm (US 4)
Gauge: 24 stitches and 32 rows = 10 cm in Diagonal rib pattern
Sizes: To fit age 6-12 months