Downloadable instructions: Huuhkaja socks (designer Mia Sumell)

These striking socks are knitted top-down. The owl's eyes are duplicate stitched afterward.

The pattern for the Owl socks was published in the Rakkaat kuviot & Erik Bruun magazine, inspired by Erik Bruun's iconic posters.

Pattern details:

Size:

37–39

Finished garment measurements:

Calf circumference unstretched: 30 cm

Leg height: 43 cm

Foot length is easy to adjust.

Materials:

Yarn: Lankava Mainio (75% wool, 25% polyamide, 260 m / 100 g)

MC: 655 Salmiakki 2 balls or 390 m

CC: 652 Usva 1 ball or 156 m

For duplicate stitching: approx. 1 m orange and 0.5 m white yarn

Needles: 3 mm double-pointed needles for the colorwork section and 2.5 mm double-pointed needles for the ribbing and stockinette section.

Other materials: tapestry needle.

Gauge:

27 sts and 27 rows = 10 × 10 cm in stockinette stitch & colorwork in the round.

Note:

Socks are knitted top-down. The eyes are duplicate stitched afterward. Both socks are knitted the same way.

Difficulty:

Difficult

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