This year, I am slightly obsessed with socks and while knitting my Christmas sweater, I was thinking about a matching pair of socks. After some intense research on Ravelry, Pinterest and Google, I couldn’t find what I was looking for: some bigger but not too big holly leaves, some bobbles, but also a kind of plain but elegant looking rest of the sock. So, I took out my coloring pencils and started drawing a couple of charts.

I’ve added some tips for the colorwork as well as charts for 60, 64, 68 and 72 stitches.

Material

You will need:

• 4-ply fingering sock yarn of your choice in White (I’ve used ca. 50g) or main color of choice, in Green (ca. 5g) and in Red (8 meters)
• Your favorite sock needles in 2,25 mm and 2,5 mm or in the sizes you usually use for colorwork socks. I’ve used DPN sets of 5 needles in 2,25 mm and 2,5 mm
• Tapestry needle
• Optional: a tiny crochet hook, for example 1,5 mm . The crochet hook can help to work the bobbles, but you can also work them with your knitting needles