pattern for knitting socks contenital style?

Answer 1

You can knit any pair of socks Continental or English (American) style. Here are some patterns to choose from.
http://www.socknitters.com/sockpatterns/sockpatterns.htm
http://www.wiseneedle.com/sock-patterns.asp
http://www.knitty.com/archive.html (scroll down to the socks section)

Answer 2

By continental style, do you mean without the gusset at the heel? If you want to knit a sock with no gusset and that folds flat, and that can be knit from top down or bottom up, get the book Simple Socks Plain and Fancy, by Pricilla A. Gibson-Roberts. It has clear instructions and drawings, and this is a fun sock to knit. In turning the heel you use yarn overs, instead of slipped stitches. It allows for more freedom of design, as well.

Answer 3

There are two parts to this answer. One regarding sock-knitting, and one regarding knitting in the Continental style.

I'll tackle the style question first. A continental-style knitter holds the yarn in the left hand, but orients the stitches in exactly the same way an English/American-style knitter does. There is no difference in patterns for English or Continental knitters, and as a matter of fact, the vast majority of knitting patterns are completely neutral regarding holding the yarn in the right or left hand.

There is another knitting style that is sometimes confused with continental. It is called Combined or Eastern Uncrossed knitting. In combined knitting, the purl stitches end up mounted on the needle in a way that looks "backward" to English or Continental knitters. In order to keep the stitches untwisted, the knit stitches are often worked in the back loop. This means that decreases have to be worked in a different way for Combined knitting. An SSK for English or Continental knitters would be a K2tog for Combined knitters. There are some knitting patterns written specifically for Combined knitters, but most Combined knitters simply learn to adapt their methods to the far-more-abundant patterns written for Continental and English knitters.

Now, regarding sock knitting. Yes, there are lots of great sock patterns, including many free ones all over the web. There are also great patterns at your local yarn shop, and great instructors!

Knitty.com, a free knitting web-azine, had a slew of great sock patterns in their summer issue. I've included a link below, as well as links to great sites for learning about knitting Continental style, and about sock knitting in particular.