The Funkkis socks formed out of a need and necessity. My daughter asked me to knit her a pair of socks that wouldn’t get all rutty inside her shoes as she wore them.

I knit her a pair that was to become the seedling for the Funkkis socks.
Funkkis is Finnish shorthand for Functionality, referring to the architectural style of design from the 1930’s.

The Funkkis socks are meant to be functional.
The diagonal lines hug your foot and heel snuggly but not too tight. The fabric compresses in on itself whenever it can, but is at the same time very stretchy so as to accommodate different widths of feet.

Funkkis is a cabled sock pattern. It’s structure allows the fabric to stretch massively to any direction, allowing the same pattern to fit many different sizes of feet.

Sizing

EUR 35-50
Length of foot (cm / inches) in each size:

35 = 21,8 cm (8 ⁹/₁₆”)
36 = 22,5 cm (8 ⅞”)
37 = 23,2 cm (9 ⅛”)
38 = 23,8 cm (9 ⅜”)
39 = 24,5 cm (9 ⅝”)
40 = 25,2 cm (9 ¹⁵/₁₆”)
41 = 25,8 cm (10 ⅛”)
42 = 26,5 cm (10 ⁷/₁₆”)
43 = 27,2 cm (10 ¹¹/₁₆”)
44 = 27,8 cm (10 ¹⁵/₁₆”)
45 = 28,5 cm (11 ³/₁₆”)
46 = 29,2 cm (11 ½”)
47 = 29,8 cm (11 ¹¹/₁₆”)
48 = 30,5 cm (12”)
49 = 31,2 cm (12 ⁵/₁₆”)
50 = 31,8 cm (12 ½”)

The length of the leg (cm / inches) measured from the top of the heel flap:

Longer leg = 17 cm ( 6 ¹¹/₁₆”)

Shorter leg = 8 cm (3 ⅛”) at the back seam, 11 cm (4 ⅜”) at the front of the leg

Skills required:

• Twisted stitches
• Decreasing
• Increasing
• Basic cable techniques
• Dutch heel
• Kitchener stitch grafting

Equipment:

NEEDLES:

Double-pointed needles (4 or 5 in a set).
Size 2,5 mm / US 2 , or a size required to achieve correct gauge.

OTHER:

A darning needle for grafting of stitches.

Materials:

YARN: Drops Nord (45% alpaca, 30% nylon, 25% wool), 50 g = 170 m (1.8 oz = 186 yds)

YARN CONSUMPTION:

With shorter leg
approx. 105 m (115 yds) in size 35,
approx. 120 m (131 yds) in size 39,
approx. 137 m (150 yds) in size 43,
approx. 155 m (170 yds) in size 47,
approx. 170 m (186 yds) in size 50

With longer leg
approx. 160 m (175 yds) in size 35,
approx. 175 m (192 yds) in size 39,
approx. 192 m (210 yds) in size 43,
approx. 210 m (230 yds) in size 47,
approx. 225 m (246 yds) in size 50