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Knitting Nellie • Bits and Bobs Socks Pattern

Knitting Nellie • Bits and Bobs Socks Pattern

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These socks are meant to evoke the sweet and simple pleasures of childhood - rolling down a grassy hill, holding hands and singing in a circle, learning to sew, playing tea party with friends and stuffed animals. The Bits and Bobs Socks are easy to memorize and have the perfect amount of colorwork for a beginner, but are still interesting enough for more advanced knitters. Knit them up with minis, two colors, or leftovers you’ve been collecting in your stash. Add a stripe or two a day, and you’ll have a pair of socks in no time!

YARN

This pattern uses ten 20g mini skeins for sizes 1, 2, and 3. If knitting size 4 or 5 with all minis, you may need twelve to thirteen depending on the length of your foot - there may not be enough yardage in each mini to repeat the same colorway twice. While the pattern is written for minis, please don’t feel limited! These socks would look beautiful in two colors or with one color for cuff, heel, and toe, and yarn leftovers for the rest of the sock. I’ve been dreaming up a pair using a solid skein paired with mohair on every other stripe.

  • Woolberry Berry Sock Mini Skein (80% Superwash Merino/ 20% Nylon); 80 yds OR any fingering weight yarn scraps or minis.

  • Approximately 2 (4, 4, 5, 5) grams of fingering weight yarn is used per stripe

     

    GAUGE

32 sts x 50 rounds over 4” (10cm) in Stockinette stitch

SIZING

Size 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) with a finished foot circumference 6 (7, 8, 9, 10)” / 15.25 (17.75, 20.25, 22.75, 25) cm, designed with 0.5”/1.25 cm negative ease

  • Sample shown with a leg length of 4.5”/11.5cm and foot length of 9”/23 cm

     

    NEEDLES

9” Size US 1 (2.25mm) Circular Needles or preferred needles for working socks

  • Size US 1.5 (2.5mm) DPNS or 32”+ Circular Needles for toe decreases

  • OPTIONAL 9” Size US 1.5 (2.5mm) Circular Needles or preferred needles for working socks

If you tend to tighten up while knitting colorwork, you may want to use a US 1.5 (2.5mm) needle to prevent sock from being too tight


NOTIONS

  • Scissors

  • Darning Needle

  • Scrap yarn

  • Stitch Markers

SIZING

– 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) with a finished foot circumference of 6 (7, 8, 9, 10)” / 15.25 (17.75, 20.25, 22.75, 25) cm, designed with 0.5”/1.25 cm negative ease

 

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