Gardiner Yarn Works Brick Rib Socks Knitting Pattern

Gardiner Yarn Works Brick Rib Socks

What Is Being Made

The Gardiner Yarn Works Brick Rib Socks are a pair of women's medium fingering-weight socks designed by Chrissy Gardiner. These seamless, top-down socks feature an 8-inch foot circumference and are worked in the round using a classic construction method. The pattern is ideal for showcasing variegated yarns, as the textured stitch pattern complements color variations beautifully.

Techniques Used

This sock pattern employs several key knitting techniques that make it suitable for advanced beginners:

• Seamless, top-down construction: The socks are cast on at the leg and worked downward toward the foot, eliminating the need for seaming.
• Worked in the round: The entire project is completed using circular knitting methods, creating a continuous tube from leg to toe.
• Heel flap and eye-of-partridge heel: The pattern features a traditional heel flap worked back and forth, followed by an eye-of-partridge heel turn, a technique that provides durability and a professional finish.
• Slipped stitches and garter ridges: These decorative elements create visual texture and help define the brick rib pattern throughout the leg.

Stitches Used

The Gardiner Yarn Works Brick Rib Socks utilize fundamental knitting stitches combined into a textured pattern:

• Knit and purl stitches: The foundation of the brick rib pattern, which alternates to create dimensional texture.
• Slipped stitches: Used decoratively to enhance the brick rib appearance and add visual interest to the leg.
• Decreases (knit 2 together and slip, slip, knit): Essential for shaping the heel turn and tapering toward the toe.
• Garter ridges: Horizontal lines of texture created through strategic knit and purl placement.

Materials and Gauge

The pattern requires approximately 400 yards of fingering-weight yarn. The pictured sample uses Classic Elite Alpaca Sox in the Fruit Salad colorway. Needles required include a set of five size 1 (2.25mm) double-pointed needles or two size 1 (2.25mm) 24-inch circular needles, depending on your preferred construction method. A yarn needle for weaving in ends is also needed. The pattern gauge is 34 stitches and 44 rounds per 4 inches in stockinette stitch. The cast-on is 63 stitches, which are distributed across needles based on whether you choose double-pointed needles or circular needles. The leg measures approximately 6 inches from the cast-on edge to the top of the heel flap, though this can be adjusted for desired length.