This year, I am slightly obsessed with socks and while knitting my Christmas sweater, I was thinking about a matching pair of socks. After some intense research on Ravelry, Pinterest and Google, I couldn’t find what I was looking for: some bigger but not too big holly leaves, some bobbles, but also a kind of plain but elegant looking rest of the sock. So, I took out my coloring pencils and started drawing a couple of charts.

This pattern is not a full-blown pattern for socks of all various sizes, but more a detailed description on how I knitted my pair of socks. Please feel free to use your favorite sock pattern or follow one of the many great ones out there. I’ve added some tips for the colorwork as well as charts for 64, 68 and 72 stitches.

I knit my socks with 60 stitches on 2,25 mm needles and increase to 64 stitches for color work.

Material

You will need:

• 4-ply fingering sock yarn of your choice in White (I’ve used ca. 50g) or main color of choice, in Green (ca. 5g) and in Red (8 meters)
• Your favorite sock needles in 2,25 mm and 2,5 mm or in the sizes you usually use for colorwork socks. I’ve used DPN sets of 5 needles in 2,25 mm and 2,5 mm
• Tapestry needle
• Optional: a tiny crochet hook, for example 1,5 mm . The crochet hook can help to work the bobbles, but you can also work them with your knitting needles

Hint: You have to adapt the amount of main color yarn to your desired sock size. My feet are an EU size 37, so rather small. 50g might not be enough for your size.