Three pairs of Sokkar children’s socks on grass — this kit is the green pair at the bottom right; the yellow and turquoise pairs are sold as separate kits

Léttlopi 1406 Spring Green Heather — 2 balls in the Sokkar kit

Sokkar — Green Children’s Socks Knitting Kit

$30.90

Plain children’s socks with an afterthought heel · spring green heather Léttlopi · ages 2–6

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2 balls of spring green heather Léttlopi
Lopi 26, no. 22 — Baldrún Kolfinna Jónsdóttir
Ages 2, 4 and 6 · one pair

All the yarn for a pair of socks in one parcel — 2 balls of Léttlopi, enough for the largest size, plus the English pattern (PDF)
Léttlopi on 3.5 mm double-pointed needles
Three sizes, ages 2, 4 and 6
Spring green heather — the green pair in the pattern

Overview

What's in the kit

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Description

Sokkar — socks. Plain children’s socks by Baldrún Kolfinna Jónsdóttir from Ístex’s Lopi 26, in spring green heather Léttlopi: a K1, P1 rib cuff, a stocking-stitch leg and foot, and an afterthought heel, knitted in once the foot and toe are done. For ages 2, 4 and 6.

Included

Icelandic Léttlopi wool yarn — yarn for the largest size is included, so every size is covered
Knitting pattern in English (PDF) — emailed right after purchase
ADDI knitting needles — only if you choose the kit with needles

Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 2 (4 6) years — balls per pair
A 1406 Spring Green Heather — 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 used in the pattern (included when you choose the kit with needles)
3.5 mm (US 4) double-pointed needles — a set of five: the stitches are divided over four needles and the fifth knits

Not included
A short length of waste yarn in a contrasting colour (or a stitch holder) for the heel.

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. The cuff is K1, P1 rib; the leg and foot are plain stocking stitch. Where the heel will go, half the stitches are knitted with waste yarn, and the foot and toe are finished first. The toe is shaped with four decreases in each decrease round, down to 8 stitches. Last, the waste yarn is taken out, the stitches all round the opening are picked up, and the heel is knitted and shaped like the toe. Make the second sock the same.

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

More info — yarn, care, shipping & returns

Genuine Ístex lopi — the same wool Icelanders knit with, spun in Iceland from the fleece of Icelandic sheep. No substitutes.

Care of the finished garment — air out between wears; hand wash cool and dry flat. Full care guide

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Sokkar — Green Children’s Socks Knitting Kit

$30.90

Why you'll love it

One colourPlain stocking stitch with a K1, P1 rib cuff — no colourwork.
Heel knitted lastWaste yarn marks the heel; it is knitted at the end and shaped like the toe.
Three ages2, 4 and 6 years — 24, 32 and 36 stitches around.
Three coloursYellow, green and turquoise pairs are all in the pattern — each sold as a kit.

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Sokkar — your questions, answered

Which pair in the photo is this kit?

The green pair at the bottom right. The yellow and turquoise pairs are the other two versions in the pattern, also sold as kits.

Which size should I knit?

Three sizes, for ages 2, 4 and 6: 24, 32 and 36 stitches around. The pattern prints no gauge and no measurements, so we can’t give a foot length. Note the big step from age 2 to age 4 (24 to 32 stitches). If you know the child’s foot length, knit a few more or fewer plain rounds in the foot before the toe (our suggestion).

Will I have yarn left over?

The kit holds 2 balls of spring green heather — the pattern’s amount for a pair in age 6. Ages 2 and 4 use one ball per pair, so the kit makes two pairs in those sizes (our calculation from the pattern’s amounts).

How is the heel made?

It is an afterthought heel. On the way down you knit the first half of the stitches with waste yarn (the pattern says “to holder”), slip them back and knit them again with the sock yarn. After the toe, take out the waste yarn, pick up all the stitches round the opening — 24 (32) 36, the whole round — and knit the heel like the toe. The waste yarn is not included.

Is anything unclear in the pattern?

In the decreases, “work to end of rnd” and “until 3 sts are left of rnd” mean the end of each needle — each of the four needles holds a quarter of the stitches. And after “Knit 1 rnd”, decrease every round until 8 stitches are left; then every size comes out at exactly 8 (our reading).

What does the kit with needles include?

A set of 3.5 mm (US 4) double-pointed needles — ADDI, as named in the pattern.

Sokkar — Green Children’s Socks Knitting Kit

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