TWEED PARTY SOCKS
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Produced in collaboration with the Irish knitwear brand Inish Olann, this pattern will enable you to replicate their eponymous, commercially manufactured socks.

These iconic tweed colourblock socks have long been a staple in Irish knitwear 
shops all over the world. They are cozy, squishy, tweedy, and fun, and people love 
to receive them as gifts.

The socks you find in the shops are factory-made. But the simple design is easy to replicate by hand. And the manufacturer was happy for me to do exactly that - so that now you can choose whether to buy ready-made, or to knit them yourself.

Worked from the cuff down with short row heels and toes, the design combines 3 colours of tweed for a look that is vibrant and festive.

This pattern provides instructions for fingering weight, sportweight, and DK weight sock yarns.

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MATERIALS & INFORMATION 


Sizing
Size 1 (2, 3, 4)

suitable for Young Child (Junior, Adult, Adult Wide)
(detailed sizing & foot length guide provided)

Gauge
fingering weight: 32 sts x 42 rounds
sportweight: 28 sts x 38 rounds
DK weight: 24 sts x 32 rounds
… = 10cm x 10cm/ 4” x 4”

Needles

circular needles or DPNs, sized as follows -

fingering weight: 2mm
sportweight: 2.5mm
DK weight: 3mm
… or as needed to meet gauge



Yarn

fingering weight: 400m/ 425y per 100g/ 3.5oz
sportweight: 300m/ 325y per 100g/ 3.5oz
DK weight: 200m/ 225y per 100g/ 3.5oz)

Yarn Quantities Required
a total of 300m approximately for adult sizes
(75g for fingering, 100g for sport, 150g for DK)
see below for details

Notions

measuring tape, tapestry needle,
optional: sock blockers



Special Techniques

short rows, Kitchener stitch

Construction
cuff-down, with short row heels & toes

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NOTES ON YARN SELECTION 



fingering weight instructions:
recommended for standard commercial superwash sock yarns with nylon


sport weight instructions:
recommended for Studio Donegal Darnie, and Folklore Yarns Banbha 


DK weight instructions:
recommended for Studio Donegal DWSC, and Folklore Yarns Faerie Folk

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YARN QUANTITY DETAILS
Please consider these as estimates; precise quantities will depend on your size, your specific yarn, your knitting style, and your adherence to gauge! These estimates are for adult sizes.

fingering weight:
C1: 30g
C2: 15g
C3: 30g

sport weight:
C1: 40g
C2: 20g
C3: 40g

DK weight:
C1: 60g
C2: 30g
C3: 60g

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SAMPLE INFO.

fuchsia-saffron-teal socks:
knitted with Folklore Yarns Banbha
following sportweight instructions

green-burgundy-pink socks:
knitted with Studio Donegal Darnie
following sportweight instructions