Briem socks by Hélène Magnússon

Briem socks

Knitting
November 2020
DK (11 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
164 - 332 yards (150 - 304 m)
1(2,3,4)
English French Icelandic

The Briem 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.
For more info, please visit https://icelandicknitter.com/product/socks-of-iceland-club/

After the Socks nr 1 come of course the Socks nr 2! Just like my Elín socks were a modern adaptation of the Socks nr 1 in the 1889 edition of Kvennafræðarinn (The Women’s Instructor) by Elín Briem, the Briem socks are inspired by the second pattern in that same edition. They are knitted from the cuff down with a roundstar toe and a reinforced band heel with a gousset. Little details make those, otherwise rather common, socks special, with a particularly comfortable and sturdy heel.
My Briem mid-socks are knitted at a much bigger gauge but I retained all the significant details. They are one of my favourites to wear from the whole collection!
To spice them up, I embroidered a flowerpot motif in old Icelandic cross stitch, as seen in the traditional mittens from the fjord Skagafjörður in the north of Iceland.

Sizes: 1(2,3,4) to fit foot 18(21.5,24.5,28) cm / 7(8½,9¾,11)“ in circumference.
Sample shown is a size 2.

Finished measurements
Foot circumference: 15.5(18.5,21.5,24.5) cm / 6(7¼,8½,9¾)”
Foot length (adaptable): 19.5(22,24,27.5) cm / 7¾(8¾,9½,11)”
Recommended fit: 15 % negative ease circumference and 10% in length.

Yarn: Katla sokkaband by Hélène Magnússon: pure new Icelandic lambswool with a dash of silk (1%), DK/sport weight sock yarn, 4 ply, non superwash, 100g skein = 220 m/ 240 yds:

Yardage used (estimation)
150(187,239,304) m / 164(204,260,331) yds

Fingering yarn for the embroidery: a few meters/yds in the colors of your choice.