The Ya Filthy Animal Socks can’t trick hotel staff into thinking your father is a deranged gangster with a machine gun. With the power of stranded knitting however, they can display your love of Kevin McCallister’s antics in Home Alone 2 when he used audio from “Angels with Even Filthier Souls” to have himself a Merry little Christmas in New York City by himself.

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The Ya Filthy Animal Socks are worked in the round from the cuff down with stranded knitting. The leg pattern begins off-centered on the front of the leg with decreases worked into the chart. After working a short row heel, you will continue to work off-center down the foot. This sock pattern is recommended for knitters who have experience with stranded colorwork, knitting in the round, and reading charts.

As a bonus, instructions for a functional gauge swatch in the form of a coffee cozy are included in the pattern!

Yarn
Two skeins of Lattes & Llamas Vacation Yarn (100 grams/ 463 yards) or a comparable fingering weight yarn in two contrasting colorways.

Sample size 1 is shown in “Garnet” as MC and “Ouroboros” as CC. Sample size 3 is shown in “Evergreen Moonbeam” as MC and “Font of Magic” as CC.

MC: 66(73, 80) grams/ 306(338, 371) yards
CC: 33(37, 40) grams/ 153(172, 185) yards

The yardage listed above is estimated and includes yardage needed for the swatch. Requirements may vary depending on yarn used, gauge variations, or modifications.

Needles
US 1.5 / 2.5 mm 40” circular needles for the cuff, heel, and toe of the sock.
US2 / 2.75 mm 40” circular needles for the leg and foot of the sock.

40” circular needles are used to work in magic loop, which is my preferred method of knitting socks. However, they can be worked on DPNs or 2 circular needles if preferred.

Gauge
32 sts and 40 rnds = 4” in stranded colorwork, knit in the round with large size needles and blocked.

Instructions for a functional gauge swatch in the form of a coffee cozy are included in the pattern.

Sizing
Size 1(2, 3) has an 8(9, 10) inch foot circumference.

As with many colorwork socks, these were designed with little to no ease. Choose the size closest to your actual foot measurement.