Put bargello, a type of needlepoint embroidery associated with furniture from the Bargello palace in Florence Italy, on your feet! Worked in stranded knitting, zigzags in varying widths create an all-over pattern. Place the stripes at random, or use a wildly coloured self striping yarn as the background colour to make your pair of socks unique.

The socks are worked cuff down with heel flap and gusset. The gusset decreases are done at the sole towards the middle of the sole.

Sizes
Women’s S, M and L to fit leg circumference 17.5 (20, 22.5) cm 7 (7.75, 8.75)”. Leg length to the heel results in 17.5 cm 7” when knit as given in the pattern, adjustable. Foot length is adjustable.

Material
2 skeins of fingering weight yarn with high contrast and a yardage of approximately 400 m (440 yds) per 100 g
Used in the samples: Schachenmayr Regia 4-ply in black and Lang Yarns Jawoll Magic in colour 59 (top pictures);
Sweet Georgia Yarns Tough Love Sock in Cauldron and Goldmine (bottom pictures)
2.5 mm / US size 1 1/2 and 2.75 mm / US size 2 DPNs or circular needle(s) for your preferred way to knit in the round
3 stitch Markers, darning needle.


Gauge
32 sts and 36 rnds = 4” in stranded leg pattern with larger needles.

Please note that that the colourwork motifs are charted only and there are no written instructions for the motifs provided.