Randalínur by Hélène Magnússon

Randalínur

Knitting
December 2020
DK (11 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
208 - 373 yards (190 - 341 m)
1(2,3,4)
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The Randalínur socks are part of the book Socks of Iceland which is released in the form of a Club: get a pattern every Thursday until the end of the year 2020. You can join at anytime.
For more info, please visit https://icelandicknitter.com/product/socks-of-iceland-club/

With their vertical and horizontal stripes smoothly blending together, the Randalínur (litteraly “bands of lignes” in Icelandic) socks are a simple yet strong design
They are inspired by traditional Icelandic mittens which were knitted in stranded knitting with vertical 1 stitch stripes, making for a very dense and stiff fabric, almost like double knitting.
The Randalínur socks on the other hand are perfectly elastic. The vertical lines are knitted with a deceptively simple technique using only one color at the time in each round. The socks are worked entirely in the round, from the cuff down with a yarn over short row heel. The toe is shaped with symmetrical decreases and grafted.

Sizes: 1(2,3,4) to fit a foot 22(24.5,27,29)cm / 8½(9½,10½,11½)” in circumference.
Sample shown is a size 2.
You can achieve more sizes by changing needle size and adjust the length by adding or withdrawing rnds.

Finished measurements:
Foot circumference: 20.5(23,25.5,28) cm / 8(9,10,11)”
Foot length: 18.5(21,23.5,2) cm / 7¼(8¼,9¼, 9½)”
Recommended fit: negative ease of 1.5 cm / 1” in circumference and 15% in length.

Gauge: 10 cm / 4” = 26 sts and 32 rows in Stocking st and 16 sts in st below pattern on 2.5 mm / US 1½ needle

Yarn: any sport/DK sock yarn. Show with Katla sokkaband by Hélène Magnússon: pure new Icelandic lambswool with a dash of silk (1%), DK/sport weight sock yarn, 4 ply, non superwash, 100g skein = 220 m / 240 yds: 1 skein of each color

Yardage used:
MC Natural grey: 108(134,166,194) m / 118(147,182,212) yds
CC Arctic coral: 82(104,127,147) m / 90(113,139,160) yds