Create an advent calendar that can be used year after year using this knitting pattern.
24 mini socks – 12 pairs of differing colour combinations – plus a bonus larger sock pattern for the big day itself!
Use four colours as suggested or choose just two. The pattern also makes an excellent stash buster!
Yarn Weight: DK
Yarn
200g any DK yarn.
Sample shown used:
WYS ColourLab DK (100% Wool, 225m/100g), 50g of each of three colours; (A: Crimson Red, B: Thistle Purple, C: Cerise Pink)
WYS ColourLab DK – Zandra Rhodes (100% Wool, 225m/100g), 50g (D: Botanical Bloom, 1030)
Note – I was able to knit bonus larger sock as well from this quantity of yarn.
Needles
3mm double pointed needles
3mm crochet hook
4.5mm crochet hook (optional for bonus larger sock loop)
Notions
3 stitch markers
Tapestry needle
3.5m ribbon (optional)
Contrasting yarn to embroider numbers or tags to write numbers on (+25 x 10cm lengths ribbon/yarn to tie tags on with)
Tension
10cm = 25.5 sts x 32 rnds over st-st on 3mm needles
Finished Measurements (cm)
Mini sock (Day 25 sock)
Leg circ.: 9.5 (14) cm
Cuff to Heel: 7 (10) cm
Heel to Toe: 8 (12) cm