Happy socks to keep your feet warm during the colder December nights and white Christmas days. Get yourself a cup of hot chocolate milk, lighten the candles and get comfy! These socks are another fun project to knit and also the best way to use your scrap yarns.

KEY INFORMATION

Sizes: S/M, (M/L)

Measurements: Foot circumference: 20, (23) cm / 8, (9) inches. Length is adjustable.

Gauge: 30 sts x 41 rows in stockinette stitch = 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches) after blocking.

Suggested needles: 2.50 mm circular and double pointed needles (US 1.5). Remember this is a recommendation; please knit a gauge swatch. The double pointed needles are necessary to knit the bobbles.

Materials: a total of 250-300 m / 275-350 yards of fingering weight sock yarn in multiple colours. Sample on photo is knitted in the following colours:
Colour A: off white (main colour of the leg)
Colour B: red (main colour of the foot, peeries and noses)
Colour C: green (peeries)
Colour D: brown (reindeers)
Colour E: black (eyes of the reindeers)

CONSTRUCTION NOTES

Red Nosed Socks are knitted top down and seamlessly. First you knit the twisted rib cuff and continue knitting the leg using the fair isle pattern chart A found on the last page. Then shape the heel with German short rows. The foot is knitted in the main colour ending with peerie from chart B. Finish the socks by shaping the toes.