Panda Socks by Lotta Groeger

Panda Socks

Knitting
January 2015
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
9 stitches = 1 inch
in stockinette stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
230 - 300 yards (210 - 274 m)
Size S (20,5 cm / 8 inches), Size M (23 cm / 9 inches), Size L (25,5 cm / 10 inches)
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

This pattern is inspired by a friend who asked for some socks matching her purse. Her purse is a simplyfied version of a panda face. With these socks have the same panda face at the toe part of the socks.
The toe is worked in intarsia in the round, this method is fully descriped in the pattern.

Pattern for toe-up as well as top-down version included, please select the right file for download.

Size: Size S (20,5 cm / 8 inches), Size M (23 cm / 9 inches), Size L (25,5 cm / 10 inches): foot length, notes for adjusting the size included.

Needles: 2.5mm (US 1 1/2) circular needles or DPN

Yarn: 2 skein Regia 4-ply or other fingering weight yarn (210m / 230 yards) and 10g fingering weight yarn (42m / 46 yards) as contrast colour.

Difficulty: basic sock knitting skills, discription for intarsia in the round provided in pattern.