If there’s one time of the year when you can really maximize the coziness, it’s Christmas. Put on some lovely Christmas music, pour something warming and spicy into your cup, add some Christmas cookies to the mix, and curl up on the sofa with your Christmas knit!

One size. Finished and blocked socks measure:
Length of the foot: approx. 22.5 cm/8.9”.
Circumference: approx. 21 cm/8.3”.
Size can be adjusted by using smaller or larger sized needles or thinner or thicker yarn.

Yarn:
Used in sample:
MC: Järbo Junior Raggi 68404 (Dark Grey)
CC1: Arwetta 101 (Natural White)
CC2: Arwetta 147 (Hunter Green)
CC3: Mayflower 1 class 2013 (Bronze Green)
CC4: Rainbow 4-ply Sock Wool 32 (Bright Red)

Approximate weight needed (if sticking to gauge):
MC: 30 g
CC1: 25 g
CC2: 20 g
CC3: 20 g
CC4: 10 g

(One ball of yarn: 100gr = 425 meters/465 yards or 50 g = 210 meters/230 yards). Or any other yarn of the same weight, pre­ferably a woolmix for socks, to make them more durable.

Needles: Magic loop or double pointed needles size 2 mm/US 0 and 2.75 mm/US 2, or whichever size needle is suitable for achieving gauge or change size. If you use magic loop, a cable of about 60-80 cm/25-30” is sufficient.

Other materials needed:
Tapestry needle
A piece of scrap yarn in a contrasting colour
Scissors

Gauge for colourwork:
Approx. 34 st/37 rows = 10 cm/4”.

Pattern is available in English and Swedish.

Techniques used: Forethought Heel, Stranded Colourwork, Kitchener Stitch, Duplicate Stich