30% off this pattern through the end of the day, January 24, 2025--keep warm!!! (No coupon needed)

Cold Winter’s Night Socks were a part of the 2024 Knitspot Red Scarf Fundraiser, and are now available through my Ravelry shop.

These socks use a sport-weight wool yarn in 2 colors. They are a quick knit if you are accustomed to fingering weight sock yarns!

There are some special features in this pattern that will be appreciated by veteran and novice sock knitters alike: the heel is a Dutch heel, in which the slip stitch pattern is continued underneath the heel. The length of both the top and the foot can be adjusted to suit your preference. The toe is spiral-shaped with four decrease points and finishes off with the final few sts drawn together as is done for the finishing of a cap (no grafting!).

SIZES: 1 (2, 3)—small (medium, large)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
Leg/Foot Circumference: 6.9 (8, 9) inches
Foot Length: 8 (9,10) inches (adjustable)
Leg Length (floor to top of cuff): 8 (9,10) inches (adjustable)

Changes to gauge or yarn weight, or adding length, may require extra yarn

GAUGE: 28 sts and 36 rnds = 4”/10cm on gauge size needles (over blocked colorwork)

NEEDLES:
US size 3 (3.25mm) needle(s) or size needed to obtain gauge
Choose needles based on your favorite method for working small circumferences in the round.

YARN: sport-weight wool yarn

Yards needed/pair:
SIZE 1 2 3
MC 140 170 210
CC 100 130 160

Extra yarn may be needed if adding length to leg and/or foot.

NOTIONS: 3 stitch markers, tapestry needle, 12-inch length of smooth scrap yarn

SKILLS USED: 2-color stranded knitting, reading a chart, working in the round, decreasing (k2tog), increasing (M1R), picking-up sts