For these socks I’ve chosen a light and bright hand-dyed yarn and a dark solid-coloured yarn. The colours are contrasting enough to create bold stripes, but the speckles in the hand-dyed yarn soften the effect and add some fun!

Yarn
Yarn A: Hedgehog Fibres Sock (90% merino wool, 10% nylon), 400m/437yds per 100g skein, in shade Fly; 1 skein

Yarn B: Lang Jawoll (75% superwash wool, 18% nylon, 7% acrylic), 190m/207yds per 50g ball, in shade French Blue (235); 1 (1, 2) ball(s)

Needles and Accessories
Five 2.5mm (US 1.5/UK 12 or UK 13) doublepointed needles (DPNS) or your preferred needles for working a small circumference in the round, or size needed to achieve correct tension

Scrap yarn – a length of yarn about 50cm/20in that is a similar thickness to the sock yarn. Slippery yarn in a contrasting colour works best so that the yarn is easy to find and remove

Stitch markers

Sizes
Small (Medium, Large)
To fit foot circumference: 22 (24.5, 27)cm/8¾ (9¾, 10¾)in
Actual sock circumference: 20 (22.5, 25)cm/8 (9, 10)in
Foot length: Fully adjustable within the pattern

Skills
Casting on, knit, purl, decreasing, working in the round, grafting (Kitchener stitch)

Tension
36 sts and 50 rows to 10 x 10cm/4 x 4in over st st,
using 2.5mm needles, after washing and blocking