foxglove socks by Margit Rosenburg

foxglove socks

Knitting
October 2020
Light Fingering ?
33 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette in the round
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
2.5 mm
284 - 328 yards (260 - 300 m)
(1/2/3) for foot circumference (20/21.5/22.7)cm / [7 7/8, 8 1/4, 8 7/8]"
English
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Foxglove Socks mimics the grace of the foxglove plant with their elegant bells standing tall over the ground.

Construction
The socks are worked toe-up. After provisional cast on you knit the toe section, followed by the lace section with stockinette stitch on the sole. The heel is shaped with short rows and shadow wraps. The heel can be substituted with most types of heel constructions. The socks are finished off with a seed-stitch ribbing and crochet picot bind-off.

Size
The pattern comes in sizes (1/2/3):
Sock circumference = (18/19/20.5)cm (7; 7 1/2 ; 8)“
Foot circumference = (20/21.5/22.7)cm (7 7/8 ; 8 1/4; 8 7/8)”
EU/UK/US size = (36-37/3-4/5-6), (38-39/5-6/7-8), (40-42/7-8/9-10)

Fit
The socks are recommended to be worn with a negative ease of 10% based on your foot circumference for a snug fit. EU, UK, US sizes are for orientation only.

Yarn
(227/260/294)m (248/284/322)yd of fingering weight yarn
with 420m/100g (459yd/100g)

Materials

  • scrap yarn for provisional cast on
  • one circular needle OR set of double pointed needles size 2.5mm (US 1.5) OR any needle to obtain gauge
  • a crochet hook size 2.5mm OR same size as your gauge needle
  • tapestry needle
  • two stitch markers per sock

This sample was knitted in Gipfelstürmer Sockenwolle 4-fach yarn, hand-dyed colour.

Techniques

  • provisional crochet cast-on (video-tutorial)
  • increasing, decreasing, yarn-over
  • crochet 6 stitches together (video-tutorial)
  • shadow wrap - short rows (video-tutorial)
  • crochet: make a chain, make a single crochet
  • crochet picot bind-off