Doakes

• Product description

  Step to the head of the class! With their crisply modern cables, the Doakes socks are a stylish standout in Peerie’s smooth and springy Merino wool. Thoughtfully constructed to knit from cuff to toe, with a sturdy ribbed heel flap, short row heel and gusset shaping, in four sizes to fit most feet.

  Designer: Nataliya Guseva

  Collection: School's In

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  We love School's In so much that we decided to make it even easier for you to own the collection!

  Purchase the three-pattern accessories bundle on brooklyntweed.com and pay $4 less than the sum of the single patterns purchased separately. The designers will still receive their full commissions and you will have filled out your library with an array of classics for your scholastic sojourns.

  
  

• Pattern materials

  YARN

  Brooklyn Tweed Peerie — 100% American Merino Wool (210 yards/192 meters per 50 grams)

  • 2 (2, 2, 3) skeins
  • Photographed in colors Morel and Rainier (retired color)

  
  

  YARDAGE

  • 325 (350, 410, 435) yards [297 (320, 375, 398) meters] of fingering weight wool yarn

  
  

  
  

• Pattern specs

  CONSTRUCTION

  • Socks are worked circularly from cuff to toe. Features include a heel flap, slipped-stitch short row heel turn, gusset decreases, and a grafted toe.

  
  

  FINISHED DIMENSIONS

  SIZES 1 (2, 3, 4)

  • 7½ (8, 8½, 9)” [19 (20.5, 21.5, 23) cm] foot circumference, 5¾ (5¾, 7¼, 7¼)” [14.5 (14.5, 18.5, 18.5) cm] leg length to heel flap

  
  

  GAUGE

  • 32 stitches & 46 rounds = 4”/10 cm in stockinette stitch, after blocking

  
  

  NEEDLES

  One set of double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauge listed

  • Suggested Size: 2.5 mm (US 1½)
  • One 32”/80 cm circular needle or two 24"/60 cm circular needles can be used instead of DPNs if using Magic Loop or Two Circulars method

  
  

  Please note: the stitch patterns used for this accessory include written as well as charted instructions.

• Techniques

  Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:

  • German Twisted Cast On
  • Kitchener Stitch (Grafting)
  • Video — Cabling Without A Cable Needle
  • Reading Charts
  • Knitwear Care
  • Blocking 101

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