Kitsune Socks by Enikö Balogh

Kitsune Socks

Knitting
January 2021
Sport (12 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in Colorwork
US 0 - 2.0 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
437 - 459 yards (400 - 420 m)
One size (EU 38-39)
English Finnish
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This design was inspired by a fox I saw in heavy snowfall in Japan some winters ago. This is mostly 2 color stranded colorwork with a few rounds of 3 color colorwork, intarsia combined with stranded colorwork.

Knitted in Sport weight yarn from top down combining a bit of intarsia in the round and stranded knitting.

SIZE
EU 38-39
Foot circumference (ball of the foot) 21 cm
Finished measurements circumference 22 cm
Length from heel to toe 24 cm

YARN
TUKUWOOL SOCK
Tukuwool Sock, 80% wool, 20% polyamide, 160 meters (175 yards), 50 grams/skein ( Sport weight)
Tyyni 2 skeins
Sake 1 skein
Repo 1 skein

YARDAGE
Tyyni 250 meters / 275 yards; Sake 110 meters / 120 yards; Repo 50 meters / 55 yards

Or the equal amount of yarn such as:
3 colors and some additional fingering weight yarn to sew on the eyes and nose.
Novita Nalle(DK)
Gjestal Maija (Sport)
Nurja Merinosock 3 ply (Sport)
Lang Yarns Super Soxx 6-ply (Sport)

GAUGE
25 sts x 30 rows/10 cm/ 2.5 mm (4 inch/0 US) in colorwork

NEEDLES
2 mm/ US 000 (ribbing) & 2.5mm/US 0, 80 cm/ 32” or needles to obtain the correct gauge.

TECHNIQUES
Stranded knitting, intarsia in the round, magic loop, long tail cast on, grafting.

TOOLS
Blunt tip needle for grafting, fingering weight black scrap yarn for sewing on eyes and nose, stitch markers (optional)

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