Visit Halsingland socks by Maria Karolina Johansson

Visit Halsingland socks

Knitting
July 2019
Light Fingering ?
32 stitches and 31 rows = 4 inches
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
437 - 492 yards (400 - 450 m)
S/M, M/L
English Swedish
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This sock is inspired by the swedish shire of Hälsingland. The specific houses with vale windows, the blue mountains and fields of common flax. The foot pattern is inspired by the Järvsö costume, freely modified by me to fit a sock size. Happy knitting!

Needles (suggested sizes)
DPN US 1 (2.25 mm S/M)/US 1 ½ (2.5 mm) or the size you need for the gauge. With magic-loop technique, use 80 cm cable.

Gauge
30-32 sts and 31 rows is 4” (10 cm) with US 1 ½ (2.5 mm)/US 1 (2.25 mm)

Yarn
50g à 170-200 m sock yarn. The sock in picture is knitted with scrap yarn from different suppliers, mostly Drops nord.

Yarn usage and yarn used in picture
Color A: Light blue, 20 g (Drops nord) or 34 m
Color B: White, 10 g (Drops nord) or 17 m
Color C: Denim, 50 g (Drops nord) or 170 m
Color D: Marine blue, 30 g (Filcolana, Arwetta classic) or 60 m
Color E: Green, 20 g (Drops nord) or 34 m
Color F: Red, 10 g (Filcolana, Arwetta classic) or 20 m

Sock size
S/M circumference 21 cm with DPN US 1 (2.25 mm)
M/L circumference 22 cm with DPN US 1 ½ (2.5 mm)
Sock length is variable.