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Earraich Socks
As the dark, grey days of winter give way to spring, bright flowers appear in the freshly growing grass. In this design flower motifs surround the main, heart-shaped knots and appear under the heel, whilst a rectangular braid runs down the sole. “Earraich” means “Spring” in Scottish Gaelic, a time of renewal and rebirth symbolised in this design by Celtic knotwork.
A matching Earraich Cushion Cover (previously featured in Knit Now magazine) is also available here.
Method: These stranded colorwork socks are knit in the round from the cuff down. With pretty baby eyelet cable ribbing, a round heel, and gusset decreases placed on the sole, they can be worked in two or more contrasting colors. The colorwork is charted to minimize pattern jog.
These socks can be knitted on dpns, by magic loop, or on a short circular (in which case you will still need dpns for the heel and toe decreases).
Please note the colorwork design in this pattern is charted not written out. You need to be prepared to read and work from charts in order to enjoy knitting this design.
Sizes: This pattern is written in 4 sizes. All instructions that differ depending on the size you are knitting are color coded and indicated with parentheses like this: S (M, L, XL).
Size - Sock Circumference - Approx. UK Sizes
S - 7” (18 cm) - Children’s 13-4, Ladies 1-4
M - 8” (20.5 cm) - Ladies 5-8
L - 8⅞” (22.5 cm)- Men’s 8.5-10.5
XL - 9¾” (25 cm) - Men’s 11-13
Yarn: You can use any 4 ply (fingering) sock yarn that you like and with which you can get tension/ gauge.
Please note I do not recommend using yarns with a high cotton content as cotton doesn’t stretch as much as other fibers and this will affect the fit of your socks.
The charted pattern in this sock works well with a solid and a contrasting long gradient yarn (as in the pair pictured), or you could use two contrasting solid colors. Be creative, have fun, but keep in mind changes will affect yardage and number of ends to weave in. The amounts of each color required will depend on how many colors you pick, where you choose to use them in the sock, and which size you are knitting. As a guide for the socks pictured (size M in two colors) I used the following quantities:
MC – Artesano Definition Sock in 8362 Mushy Peas approx. 140 metres (153 yards)
CC – Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball Crazy in 2095 Indisch Rosa approx. 235 metres (257 yards)
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