Ornamental Socks
Ornamental Socks
Bring a little decorative cheer into your holiday season with sweet little ornaments! Choose your motifs just like you’d pick your favourite decorations, combining what’s most meaningful and enjoyable to you. These socks make a perfect gift for yourself or those knitworthy folks in your life.
Plus, delightful stripes designed by Catherine at Gauge Dye Works make it hard to stop knitting once you get started, so you’ll be sure to have your gift knitting done in plenty of time!
This project was the 2025 Holiday collaboration between Andrea and Catherine of Gauge Dye Works. The pattern and yarn are now available to the general public.
Sizes
Finished Foot Circumference:
6.25(7, 8, 9) in/16(18, 20.5, 23) cm
Yarn
Yarn quantities are approximate.
183(210, 236, 262) yd/167(192, 216, 240) m fingering weight yarn in two colours:
MC: 156(179, 201, 223) yd/143(164, 184, 204) m
CC: 27(31, 35, 39) yd/25(28, 32, 36) m
Shown in:
Gauge Dye Works Trifecta Fingering (80% superwash Merino wool, 20% nylon; 100g Skein (MC): 352 yd/322 m; 25g Skein (CC): 88 yd/80 m)
Colours:
MC: Ornaments; 1 100g skein
CC: Undyed; 1 25g skein
Blocked Gauge
36 sts/36 rounds = 4 in/10 cm in stranded colourwork with larger needle
36 sts/46 rounds = 4 in/10 cm in Stockinette stitch with smaller needle
Needles
Use set double pointed needles, long circular needle for magic loop method, or other preferred small circumference knitting method.
Ribbing & single-colour Stockinette Stitch:
Suggested Size US 1/2.25 mm needles
Stranded Colourwork:
Suggested Size US 3/3.25 mm needles
Notions
• tapestry needle
• stitch markers
Skills
I consider this an intermediate level pattern. Techniques used include working colourwork from charted instructions, working short row heel shaping, and decreasing.
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