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This pattern includes a print guide and hand-drawn diagram/coloring sheet to help you plan your sock colors!

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
—J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

Construction
These socks are worked from the cuff down. A short section of three-stranded colorwork is included on the leg, and waste yarn is placed for a forethought heel prior to starting the foot. The foot is worked mainly in stockinette, with instructions for adding an optional band of arch support around the sole. Stitches are decreased for the toe and grafted closed. Waste yarn is removed, and live stitches are picked back up for the heel, which is worked similarly to the toe. Duplicate stitch charts are included for embellishing the primary motif.

Pattern includes a dozen different hat styles to decorate your Eggheads:
Devil horns, halo, cat ears, crown, witch/wizard hat, Bride of Frankenstein wig, pirate hat, cowboy hat, top hat, dog ears, headphones, jester’s cap

Sizing
1 (2, 3) (4, 5, 6) to fit an actual foot circumference of approx. 6 (7, 8) (9, 10, 11) in/15–16 (17–18, 20–21) (22–23, 25–26, 27–28) cm, measured around the widest part of the foot, with a finished sock circumference of approx. 5.25 (6.5, 7.75) (8.5, 9.5, 10.25) in/13 (16, 19.5) (21, 23.5, 26) cm.

Recommended zero ease or negative ease of .25–1 in/.5–2.5 cm. Sample is shown in Size 4 to fit a women’s US 9.5 (EU 40, UK 7.5), with a foot circumference of 9 in/22.5 cm.

Gauge
9 sts x 12 rows = 1 in/2.5 cm stockinette and rib in the round, on smaller needles, blocked
8.5 sts x 9 rows = 1 in/2.5 cm colorwork in the round, on larger needles, blocked

MATERIALS
Yarn
You may use any fingering weight sock yarn that meets gauge. You will need approximately:

MC: 30 (35, 45) (45, 50, 60) g/131 (153, 197) (197, 219, 262) yds/120 (140, 180) (180, 200, 239) m
CC1 (egg white): 10 (15, 20) (20, 20, 25) g/44 (66, 87) (87, 87, 109) yds/40 (60, 80) (80, 80, 100) m
CC2 (egg yolk): 5 (5, 5) (10, 10, 10) g/22 (22, 22) (44, 44, 44) yds/20 (20, 20) (40, 40, 40) m
+ Scrap amounts (≤ 5 g) of fingering weight yarn in other colors as desired, for duplicate stitching.

Blue sample shown in:
MC: Twisted Ambitions Sweet Sock (75/25 SW merino/nylon, 463 yds (423 m)/100 g), “Blue Steel”
CC1: Red Stag Fibre Chateau Sock (80/10/10 merino/nylon/cashmere, 435 yds (398 m)/100 g), “Birch”
CC2: Arkansas Yarn Co Yummy Plush (85/15 SW merino/nylon, 437 yds (400 m)/100 g), “Totality Worth It”

Black sample shown in:
MC: Lang Jawoll (75/25 SW merino/nylon, 230 yds (210 m)/50 g), “4 Black”
CC1: Red Stag Fibre Chateau Sock, “Birch”
CC2: Arkansas Yarn Co Yummy Plush, “Totality Worth It”

Needles
For ribbing/stockinette: US 1/2.25 mm needle in preferred format for small-circumference knitting, or size needed to obtain gauge
For colorwork: US 1.5/2.5 mm needle in preferred format for small-circumference knitting, or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions
Stitch markers
Waste yarn in similar weight to project yarn
Scissors
Ruler/measuring tape
Tapestry needle

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