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Spiral Socks Pattern

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I posted the pattern for these socks last month but I decided to share them again since I just finished making the socks myself. The name of the book that I got the pattern from is   Kids Knitting: Projects  For Kids of All Ages  by Melanie Falick. So here is the pattern as well as a picture of the socks that I made :) Materials needed: Approximately 285 yards worsted eight yarn, such as Classic Elite Tapestry (this is enough for 1 pair of child or adult sized socks) 4 size 6 double pointed needles Stitch marker Yarn needle For the body of the sock: Cast on 42 stitches on 1 of the double-pointed needles (14 stitches per needles) and place a marker between the last and second to last stitch on the third needle. Start the first round by knitting the first cast-on stitch with the fourth needle, pulling tightly on the yarn coming from the third needle so that you do not end up with a large gap where the stitches from 1 needle meet the stitches from the next ...