Guðbjörg socks by Hélène Magnússon

Guðbjörg socks

Knitting
November 2020
DK (11 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
186 - 344 yards (170 - 315 m)
1(2,3,4)5,6
English Additional languages which are not in the download: French, Icelandic
This pattern is available for €4.50 EUR
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Now available as a single pattern PDF in English

The Guðbjörg socks are part of the book Socks of Iceland which is released in the form of a Club: get a pattern every Thursday until the end of the year 2020. You can join at anytime.
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The Guðbjörg socks are inspired by a pair of high socks in the Textile Museum in Blönduós, Iceland, knitted by Guðbjörg Baldvinsdóttir sometime between 1875 and 1909. Their story unveils the harsh conditions of life of many Icelanders at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.

Sizes: 1(2,3,4)5,6 to fit foot 20(21.5,23.5,24.5)27,28.5 cm / 7¾(8½,9¼,9¾)10½,11¼”. in circumference.
You can achieve more sizes by changing needle size and adjust the length by adding or withdrawing plain rounds.
Sample shown is a size 2.

Finished measurements
Foot circumference:17.5(19,21,22.5)24.5,26 cm / 6¾(7½,8¼,8¾)9½,10¼”. Recommended fit: negative ease of 2.5 cm / 1” in circumference.
Foot length, adaptable: 19.5(22,23.5,26.5)27.5,30.5 cm / 7¾(8¾,9¼,10½)10¾,12”

Yardage estimate:
MC: Palagonite ochre, 165(194,220,253)278,310 m / 182(222,241,277)304,340 yds
CC: Askja blue, a few meters/yds