Sokkar — Children’s Léttlopi Socks Knitting Pattern

Sokkar — socks. Plain children’s socks by Baldrún Kolfinna Jónsdóttir from Ístex’s Lopi 26, knitted in the round in Léttlopi, one colour per pair: a K1, P1 rib cuff, a stocking-stitch leg and foot, a toe shaped with decreases at both sides, and an afterthought heel, knitted in once the foot and toe are done. The pattern has three colour versions with the same instructions and amounts — yellow, green and turquoise, all three pairs in the photo — for ages 2, 4 and 6. The yellow, sun yellow (1411), is no longer made; spring green (1406) and glacier blue (1404) still are.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Three colour versions — yellow, green and turquoise
• Ages 2, 4 and 6 years
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the yellow kit or the green kit or the turquoise kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Yellow socks: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 2 (4 6) years — balls per pair
A 1411 sun yellow — 1 (1 2) · no longer made — the yellow kit uses 1703 mimosa, a golden yellow close to, but not the same as, the yellow pair in the photo

Green socks: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 2 (4 6) years — balls per pair
A 1406 spring green — 1 (1 2)

Turquoise socks: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 2 (4 6) years — balls per pair
A 1404 glacier blue — 1 (1 2)

Sizes
Ages 2, 4 and 6 years — 24, 32 and 36 stitches around. The pattern prints no gauge and no measurements, so no foot length can be given.

Gauge
No gauge is given in the pattern — only stitch and round counts. The socks are knitted on 3.5 mm needles.

Needles
3.5 mm (US 4) double-pointed needles — a set of five: the stitches are divided over four needles and the fifth knits

You will also need
A short length of waste yarn in a contrasting colour (or a stitch holder) for the heel, and a tapestry needle — the pattern’s list has only the needles.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the cuff down on 3.5 mm double-pointed needles, with the stitches on four needles. Cast on 24 (32, 36) stitches; the cuff is 10 (12, 14) rounds of K1, P1 rib, then come 8 (10, 12) plain rounds. Where the heel will go, the first 12 (16, 18) stitches — half the round — are knitted with waste yarn (the pattern says “to holder”), slipped back and knitted again with the sock yarn, and the foot is 18 (22, 24) plain rounds. The toe is shaped with four decreases in each decrease round, two at each side of the foot, down to 8 stitches, and the yarn is drawn through. Last, the waste yarn is taken out, all the stitches round the opening are picked up, and after 2 plain rounds the heel is shaped like the toe. Make the second sock the same.

Design: Baldrún Kolfinna Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 26 (no. 22), Ístex.

How you get it — the pattern is a PDF in English. It is emailed to you right after purchase; nothing is posted.

Yarn — not included. We sell Ístex lopi by the ball in our yarn shop, or choose the kit, which has this pattern and all the yarn in one parcel.

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