Toil and Trouble Socks by Shannon Larson

Toil and Trouble Socks

Knitting
September 2025
Light Fingering ?
32 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
225 - 510 yards (206 - 466 m)
1 (2, 3, 4)
English
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This sock was designed to use a sock set by Moonglow Yarn Co, ‘Toil and Trouble’. It utilizes the 5 minis in a fun witchy hat pattern down the leg, and then some optional fun stripes on the foot. You can repeat the hat motif as much as you want and make your socks as tall as you would like.

Chart for colorwork is shown two ways, with a MC as the dark option and MC as the light option. Use whichever chart aligns with your color choices.

This is a top-down sock with a traditional heel flap and gusset. It is worked using magic loop; needle 1 will be the front of foot/instep/leg, and needle 2 will be the back of foot/leg and heel. Sized from child to large adult these are perfect socks for the whole family.

Tall sock knit size 2 with Moonglow Yarn Co ‘Toil and Trouble’ sock set, 44g MC and about 4g of each mini. Shorty sock knit size 2 with Murray & Co Wool Goods Neon Tweed Sock ‘Graveyard Bats’ 39g and Yarn Cafe Creations Biscotti Sock mini ‘Marmalade’ 8g.

Sizes:

1 (2, 3, 4) = 48 (56, 64, 72) sts

Actual sock circumference: 6 (7, 8, 9”/15.2 (17.8, 20.3, 22.9)cm

To Fit: 7 (8, 9, 10)”/7.8 (20.3, 22.9, 25.4)cm around ball of foot (Sock should fit with about 1”/2.5cm negative ease.)

Yarn:
MC: 200-460yds/183-421m fingering weight yarn
CC: 1-5 different colors of fingering weight yarn, 5-10g each or 10-20g if using a single color for shortie