When the first few flakes begin to fall each winter, with them come out our favorite winter stories! One such story is The Tomten By Astrid Lindgren.
It tells a tale of a gentle creature, older than we can know, that pads silently on it’s little feet all about a sleeping farmstead, seeing to the animals and the sleeping family. Offering milk to the farm cats, and sweet dreams to the cows and sheep in it’s own special language.

The pattern was inspired by this sweet little story, and the colors and feeling of the beautiful illustrations and words therein.

The socks are worked top down, beginning with a twisted rib cuff. Then a band of simple colorwork framed by two Latvian braids. The heel is worked in the German short row method, and the foot finished in stockinette.

The pattern includes links to video tutorials for all techniques it features.

Sizes:
Toddler, Kids Small, Kids Medium, Kids Large, Teen, Adult Small/Med, & Adult Med/Large
Full foot sizes chart included in pattern.

Materials:
Yarn-Light Fingering (ply) weight yarn
Charcoal (MC): 140-300 yds/130-274 m
Bone (CC1): 100-175 yds/91.5-160 m
Cinnamon (CC2): 90-150 yds/82-137 m

Needles-US 1 & 2/2.25 & 2.75 mm DPNs
or 24”/60 cm long circulars for magic loop method.

Notions-Tapestry needle, tape measure, stitch markers.

Gauge in Stockinette:
16.5 sts/2”-16.5 sts/5 cm on smaller sized needles (blocked)
16 sts/2”-16 sts/5 cm on larger needles (blocked).

Coming oh so soon, a companion pattern for baby sizes, the Tiny Tomten Socks!

This pattern will be available as part of an e-book collection Storybook Socks, on my website as well in Spring 2021.
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