My childhood Christmas was loaded with scissors-cut brownies in red paper-chains. The garlands were beautifully placed on the chimneypiece at my grandparent’s home. Every single one of them. Holding hands. Dancing together in a long row!

This sock is inspired by the swedish shire of Hälsingland. The specific houses with vale windows, the blue mountains and fields of common flax. The foot pattern is inspired by the Järvsö costume, freely modified by me to fit a sock size. Happy knitting!

This sock is knitted cuff-down and has a short row heel. The sock is one in my series of visit socks of the swedish shires. This time inspired by the deep forests of Värmland where the flower Trientalis europaea grows. Soft and slender, she tries to face the sun beams in the heavy greenery of midsummer.

Sisters are special. Sisters in blood and sisters in friendship.

The animal otter (Lutra lutra) and the flower Linnaea borealis is the provincial symbols of Småland in Sweden. In the darkest of forest, she dances above the stones like a fairy in her pink skirt, so tiny and neat.

This is a cuff-down knitted sock pattern suited for scrap yarn.

This cuff-down sock pattern is perfect for scrap yarn knitting.