“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.”
This quote by Lady Bird Johnson was the inspiration behind the yarn collaboration between West Yorkshire Spinners and the breast cancer charity Future Dreams, and the result was a yarn in the colours of flowers and a desire to raise funds from the sales of the yarn to support the work of the charity – and a baby socks pattern called Hope Socks.
The Future Dreams yarn is a DK (8ply) yarn in the West Yorkshire Spinners Colour Lab range. This is a 100% wool range of yarn that is surprisingly soft (not at all like the itchy wool garments you may have grown up with if you’re a similar age to me 🙂 ) and although 100% wool isn’t always the immediate choice for socks, you have to agree that it looks fabulous, whatever size the socks are!
You don’t have to worry about working out different sizes – the Hope Socks pattern has been written in three sizes from 0-6 months, 6 months and 12 months so there’s plenty of growth room in these little socks 🙂 I’ve used the same heel flap and gusset as for my children’s and adult socks patterns and the same slip stitch heel flap which I think gives a bit of extra cushioning for those kicking feet – I don’t know about the babies in your life, but my girls were always moving their feet when they were tiny and extra cushioning never goes amiss!
Brand new to sock knitting? This pattern is based on my Basic 4ply Socks pattern, which means that you can find photo and video help in the Winwick Mum Sockalong tutorials – these tutorials work for any size of socks!
A donation of £1.00 from the sale of each pattern is made to Future Dreams.
You can read more about the Future Dreams charity and the ColourLab yarn in this blog post.
Useful to know
Size
To fit 0 – 6 months 6 months:12 months]
To fit ball of foot circumference: 11 [12:13] cm; 4¼ [4¾:5¼] ins
Foot length 9 [10:12] cm; 3½ [4:4¾] ins
Yarn
1 x 100g West Yorkshire Spinners – ColourLab DK Future Dreams
For WYS yarn stockists, click here.
Materials
3.5mm needles – DPNs (double pointed needles) or 80 cm circular for magic loop
1 set DPNs size 3.5mm (not required for magic loop)
Stitch holder (optional)
Stitch markers
Wool needle
Tension
26 sts to 10 cm (4 ins) in stocking stitch (worked in the round) on 3.5mm needles.
This pattern is for:
- Knitters who can confidently cast on, knit and purl. (I’ll help you with the rest!)
- Babies who need to keep their feet warm or look super-stylish in handknit socks
Printing info:
The pattern is 8 pages long.
- 6 pages of pattern and photo tutorial
- 2 pages of additional information at the end
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