Nordic leaf Socks by Hélène Magnússon

Nordic leaf Socks

Knitting
December 2020
DK (11 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
234 - 389 yards (214 - 356 m)
1(2,3,4)
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The Nordic leaf socks are part of the book Socks of Iceland which is released in the form of a Club: get a pattern every Thursday until the end of the year 2020. You can join at anytime.
For more info, please visit https://icelandicknitter.com/product/socks-of-iceland-club/

The Nordic leaf Socks are based of the Nordic leaf Mittens from my book Icelandic Handknits. They mix together the Nordic style tradition from the village of Selbu in Norway, very popular in Iceland at the turn of the 20th century, and the traditional leaf mittens from the Westfjords (Vestfirskir laufaviðarvettlingar). Just like the mittens, the socks have a recognizable white and black patterning as the main motif and a typical Icelandic leaf band in vivid colors. Each size has a different leaf pattern for a pleasing uninterrupted repetition of this large motif around the leg.
The socks are knitted from the cuff down with a reinforced heel flap in contrasting color and the gusset, echoing the thumb gusset in traditional Norwegian mittens, is placed unusually under the sole. The toe is knitted in a contrasting color and shaped with symmetrical decreases and grafted.

Sizes: 1(2,3,4) to fit a foot 21.5(24.5,26,29.5) cm/ 8¼(9½,10¼,11½)” in circumference.
You can achieve more sizes by changing needle size and adjust the length by adding or withdrawing plain rounds.
Sample shown is a size 3.

Finished measurements:
Foot circumference: 20(23,24.5,28) cm / 7¾ (9,9¾,11)”
Foot length: 18(20.5,22.5,25.5) cm / 7(8,9,10)”
Recommended fit: negative ease of 1,5 cm / ½” in circumference and 15% in length.

Yarn: Katla sokkaband by Hélène Magnússon: pure new Icelandic lambswool with a dash of silk (1%), DK/sport weight sock yarn, 4 ply, non superwash, 100g skein = 220 m / 240 yds: 1 skein of each color

Yardage used:
MC Natural white:90(106,123,145) m/ 98(116,135,159)yds
CC1 Raven black: 83(99,114,135) m/ 91(108,125,148)yds
CC2 Arctic coral: 12(15,18,23) m/ 13(16,19,26)yds
CC3 Moss green: 20(27,31,35) m/ 22(30,34,38)yds
CC4 Palagonite ochre: 9(13,14,18) m / 10(13,15,18)yds