Starry Night socks by Stone Knits

Starry Night socks

Knitting
September 2022
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
30 stitches and 38 rows = 4 inches
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2 - 2.75 mm
459 - 492 yards (420 - 450 m)
1, (2, 3)
English

This pattern is from Charming Colorwork socks: 25 Delightful Knitting Patterns for Colorful, Comfy Footwear. Released 20th September in America, Canada (Europe and other continents a few weeks later) and available now as a digital ebook worldwide.

Inspired by the traditional knitting motifs that can be found in Norway, these Starry Night socks are perfect long socks for wearing on cold wintery nights with skirts or jeans, and are guaranteed to keep you snug and warm. The colorwork stars will joyfully peek out over your snow boots. Knitting these long
socks will keep you captivated with their easy-to-knit colorwork patterns and stripes that continue all the way down the leg and foot. You’ll want to knit “just one more row”!

Construction Notes
These knee-length socks are knitted from the top down with a ribbed cuff followed by a traditional colorwork star pattern, followed by stripes running throughout the leg and foot. A small detail of colorwork is repeated again before the toe. These socks are knit with a heel, flap and gusset.

Sizing
1 (2, 3)
To fit (foot circumference): 7 (8½, 9¾) inches /
17–19 (20.5–23, 24–26) cm
Finished circumference: 6 (7½, 10¾) inches /
14.5–16.5 (18–20, 26.5–28.5) cm
Recommended ease: Approximately 1 inch (2.5 cm) of negative ease.
Finished calf circumference: 10 (11, 13½) inches / 24–26 (27–30, 33–36) cm

Yarn
Fingering weight, John Arbon Textiles Exmoor Sock 4ply (60% Exmoor Blueface, 20% Corriedale, 10% Zwartbles, 10% nylon), 218 yds (200 m) per 50-g skein.
Shown in
MC: Blooth (blossom) (2 skeins)
CC1: Bell Heather (moorland shrub) (2 skeins)
CC2: Mackerel-Sky (cloud formation) (1 skein)

Needles
For ribbing, stockinette and colorwork on the foot: US 1.5 (2.5 mm), 32-inch (80 cm) circular for magic loop, or DPNs, or two circulars or a 9-inch (23-cm) circular needle (as preferred).
For colorwork on the leg: US 2 (2.75 mm), 32-inch (80-cm) circular for magic loop, or DPNs, or two circulars or a 9-inch (23-cm) circular needle (as preferred).

Gauge
30 sts x 38 rnds = 4 inches (10 cm) for ribbing, stockinette and colorwork on the foot.
28 sts x 36 rnds = 4 inches (10 cm) for colorwork on the leg.