Haunted socks by Sandrine Vos

Haunted socks

Knitting
September 2023
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
328 - 383 yards (300 - 350 m)
S, M and L
English French
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These socks are knitted from the cuff down with a section of colorwork on the leg, a reinforced heel with a gusset, and a round toe or a classic pointy toe (two options available).
The sample is knit in with a solid yarn and a variegated yarn, but you can also use two, three or four solid colors.

Sizes

  • S : to fit a foot circumference of 18 to 20 cm (7 inches) with a stitch count of 56 st
  • M : to fit a foot cirumference of 20.5 to 23 cm (8 inches) with a stitch count of 64 st
  • L : to fit a foot circumference of 23.5 cm (9 1/4 inches) with a stitch count of 72 st

Level : Intermediate (3/5)
This is not a pattern for beginner sock knitter or beginner stranded knitter.

Skills required

  • knitting in the round
  • basic sock knitting
  • stranded knitting
  • grafting

Needles
2.25 mm for stockinette stitch
2.5 mm for colorwork

Gauge : 36 st / 48 rows

Yarn
Fingering / sock yarn.
Sample shown is knitted with signature 4 ply (colorway milk bottle and colorway licorice) by West Yorkshire Spinners and zauberball crazy (colorway 2100 domino) by Schoppel Wolle.

This pattern has been test knitted.