Mischievous Pumpkins by Sandrine Vos

Mischievous Pumpkins

Knitting
October 2022
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
38 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
328 - 383 yards (300 - 350 m)
S (56 st), M (64 st), L (72 st)
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These socks are knitted from the cuff down with a section of colorwork on the leg, a reinforced heel with a gusset, and a round toe or a classic pointy toe.
The sample is knit in with a black solid yarn, a variegated yarn for the pumpkins and the stripes and a green solid yarn for the vine pattern but you can also use two, three or four solid colors. Be creative !

Sizes
S : to fit a foot circumference of 18 to 20 cm (7 inches) with a stitch count of 56 st
M : to fit a foot cirumference of 20.5 to 23 cm (8 inches) with a stitch count of 64 st
L : to fit a foot circumference of 23.5 cm (9 1/4 inches) with a stitch count of 72 st

Level : Intermediate (3/5)
This is not a pattern for beginner sock knitter or stranded knitter.

Skills required

  • knitting in the round
  • basic sock knitting
  • stranded knitting
  • grafting

Needles
2.25 mm for stockinette stitch
2.5 mm for colorwork

Gauge : 38 st / 48 rows

Yarn
Fingering / sock yarn.
Sample shown is knitted with :

  • signature 4 ply by West Yorkshire Spinners : colorway licorice (black) and colorway 1006 spruce (green)
  • zauberball crazy by Schoppel Wolle : colorway 1472 orangerie

This pattern has been test knitted.