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Sugar, spice, and everything nice?! That’s what gingerbread homes are made of!

Find a toasty hue of yarn that matches your favorite gingerbread recipe, then pick your favorite candy-colored yarn to garnish your gingerbread with all the trimmings. Of course, no gingerbread home is complete without luscious drips of thick, sweet icing!

Originally designed as a fingering weight sock pattern, the Iced Gingerbread Socks are now EXTRA THICK with a DK weight sock pattern. They feature a simple and meditative stitch pattern that is perfect for cozy holiday nights by the fire or a festive movie. A thoughtfully crafted slip-stitch pattern produces the perfect icing drip transition between the candy-inspired contrasting cuff, heel, and toes. An Eye of Partridge heel produces a texture that allows your contrasting yarn to pop in a unique and unexpected way.

Please tag me in any photos you share of this design on Instagram, and use the hashtag #IcedGingerbreadSocks. I would love to see your projects!

Suggested Yarn Colors:

MC: A brown or tan, solid, semi-solid, or tonal yarn that makes your mouth water for the snap of a crisp gingerbread cookie.
CC1: A colorful, variegated, and/or speckled yarn that reminds you of whatever sugary sweets would adorn your gingerbread home. If using fingering weight yarn held double, this is a great place to mix and match!
Note: A more saturated color palette will provide the best contrast to the MC and CC2.
CC2: A pure white or off-white yarn

The pictured sample uses Brine Dyeworks Merino DK in Brûlée (MC), Loft TwentyTwo 2-ply Fingering in Tutti Fruity (CC1, held double), and Knit Picks Stroll Fingering in White (CC2, held double).

Sizes & Fit:

38 st (46 st, 54 st, 62 st)
Approx. 5.5” (6.5”, 7.75”, 8.75”), unstretched
Most people can wear socks with about 1-1.5” of negative ease. The sizes above would fit a foot up to a 7” (8”, 9.25”, 10.25”) circumference.

Yarn Requirements (per pair):

40-100g DK weight yarn (MC)
10-30g DK weight yarn (CC1)
4-8g DK weight yarn (CC2)

This pattern also works brilliantly using fingering weight yarn held double!