DESIGN OVERVIEW AND INSPIRATION

The Gourdgeous MKAL Socks were designed as a mystery knit-along for the SolidSocks Group’s September/October 2026 MKAL. When designing these socks, my overall goal was to design a sock that would be fun, interesting, fall-themed, cozy, and with all of my favorite little details. The colorway I used is “Pumpkin Soup” by JoAnna of Knit Spin Farm, and I like to think that the colorway and pattern name ended up being perfect for the design!

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MKAL SCHEDULE

Clue 1 - Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Clue 2 - Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Clue 3 - Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Clue 4 - Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Clues are expected to be released by 9:00 am EDT on the given date. To receive the updates, be sure to add the pattern to your Ravelry library; you should receive automatic emails with the updated clues.

PATTERN INFORMATION

Difficulty Rating
INTERMEDIATE: It’s a mystery! The pattern is primarily charted.

Recommended Yarn
BFL Nylon Light Fingering by Knit Spin Farm, 75% Bluefaced Leicester wool/25% nylon, 464 yds (424 m) per 3.5 oz (100 g): 1 skein (sample in Pumpkin Soup) OR approximately 464 yds (424 m) light fingering to fingering weight yarn.

Important: This design uses approximately 20% more yarn than comparable sock designs from me. The sample used 82 g, whereas my Crystallography, Chirality, and Wave Function designs used closer to 70-75 g for the samples. Options for adjusting the leg and foot length are included.

This pattern will play nicely with any fingering weight wool/wool blend yarn in solid colorways.

Sizes
48 {56, 64, 72, 80} sts

To fit leg/foot circumference: 5.75-6.75 {6.75-7.75, 7.5-9, 8.5-10, 9.5-11}” (14.6-17.1 {17.1-19.7, 19.1-22.9, 21.6-25.4, 24.1-28} cm)

Finished Measurements
4.25 {5, 5.75, 6.5, 7.25}” (10.8 {12.7, 14.6, 16.5, 18.4} cm) leg circumference, unstretched.
4.75 {5.5, 6.5, 7.25, 8}” (12.1 {14, 16.5, 18.4, 20.3} cm) foot circumference, unstretched.

The “to fit” measurements are given based on the amount of stretch that I like for the stitches to have – that is, well-defined but not “too” stretched out. This is a personal preference. I recommend choosing the same size or number of cast-on sts that you would choose for vanilla or ribbed socks.

The designer has a ball of foot measurement of 8.5” (21.5 cm) and leg measurement of 8.5” (21.5 cm) and chose a 64 sts sample. The designer typically wears 64-st vanilla socks.

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.