Gentlemen's Socks, c.1849

Based on the pattern given in The Comprehensive Knitting Book (1849). "For a full size sock:" thirty-six rows ribbing (1-1) or (2-2), then 30 rows knitting plain, heel, plain knitting through the foot, and then close the toe. I used Knitpicks' palette yarn, which is my current go-to for socks and stockings, in the bright red colorway.

 

Socks.

As the original pattern is for hand-knitting, the changes to make it fit my (current) sock machine abilities were switching the ribbed section to mock-rib with a 2 row narrow hung hem, and then using the short-row techniques for the toe and heel. The overall height and use of both ribbing and plain work are original to the pattern, as is the lack of widening/narrowing through the leg of the sock (which the instructions note is common for socks). I tried latching the gaps of the mock rib into a true ribbing, but there were some tension issues.