This project is the 2024 holiday collaboration between Andrea and Catherine of Gauge Dye Works. Pre-orders are open now and close on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2024! Here’s more about the collaboration.

When days are short and the light is precious, we all crave some celebration! Celebrate Socks are designed to be a little pop of simple joy in between all the hectic activity of the holidays. The colourwork is simple to get into and self-striping yarn will give a sweet boost with every change. There are 24 different colours in the specially designed yarn, so you can knit a stripe a day for some advent-style fun!

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Sizes
Finished Foot Circumference:
6.5(7.5, 8.5, 9.5) in/16.5(19, 21.5, 24) cm

Yarn
Yarn quantities are approximate.

250(292, 334, 380) yd/229(267, 305, 347) m fingering weight yarn in two colours:

MC: 180(207, 233, 257) yd/165(189, 213, 235) m CC: 70 (85, 101, 123) yd/64(78, 92, 112) m

Shown in:
Gauge Dye Works Trifecta Fingering (80% superwash Merino wool, 20% nylon; 100g Skein (MC): 352 yd/322 m;
50g Skein (CC): 176 yd/161 m)

Colours:
MC: Undyed; 1 100g skein
CC: Celebrate; 1 50g skein

Blocked Gauge
34 sts/36 rounds = 4 in/10 cm in stranded colourwork with larger needle

34 sts/48 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.