These are lovely Christmassy socks, with cute pairs of robins round the leg and a festive stripe through the leg and foot and a contrasting cuff, heel and toe.

Suitable for beginners or intermediate knitters, with some knitting knowledge. The pattern can be adapted depending on your experience of stranded colourwork. The robins section requires the use of 3 strands of yarn for the colourwork, but if you’re not comfortable with that, then you can add in the final red detail of the robins and hearts when you have completed your sock. The socks are knitted from the cuff down, with a heel flap and gusset and kitchener stitch to graft the toe - there is a tutorial on my youtube channel for this step if you need it.

The pattern is written for 3 sizes, small (UK 5-6), medium (UK 6-7) and large (UK 7-8), but is very easily customizable to fit your own foot. As you’re knitting from the cuff down, you can slip your work over your foot to check the fit of the leg, heel and foot as you go.

I’ve knitted these socks using Drops Nord 4ply sock wool, a super soft sock yarn with a 45% alpaca content, lovely to work with, and very reasonably priced as well as easy to get hold of. You will need around 50g each of Lemongrass, Chestnut and Red, as well as around 5g of Fog.

Any 4 ply sock yarn will do, however, the gauge I’ve worked to is 32 stitches to 41 rows using 2.5mm double pointed needles - you can use a circular needle and the magic loop method if you prefer.

I have tried to make this pattern as user friendly as possible, but will provide you with my email address when you download the pattern, if you have any issues at all, do get in touch and I will be happy to help.

There are two other Christmas patterns in this year’s collection, Christmas Cheer and Tannenbaum take a look in my shop for more details.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my listing, if you have any questions before purchasing, do get in touch.

Happy Knitting! x