A pair of green and yellow patterned socks modelled on feet. The wearer is sitting with her legs over the edge of a wooden wall so that she is suspended above the ground. There's a monkey face on the socks, and the wearer is holding a small toy monkey
A close up of a green and yellow patterned sock modelled on a foot. The wearer is sitting with her legs over the edge of a wooden wall so that she is suspended above the ground. There's a monkey face on the socks, and the wearer is holding a small toy monkey
A green and yellow striped knitted sock cuff on a wooden table with two balls of yarn behind.
A green and yellow heel flap and heel turn on a green knitted sock
A close up of the toes of a green and yellow patterned socks modelled on a foot. The wearer is sitting with her legs over the edge of a wooden wall so that she is suspended above the ground.

Monkey Puzzle Socks

£4.28

Fun mosaic socks with a face! Pattern written with both charts and written instructions. Available in four sizes and with additional photo tutorial help.

 

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There’s a saying that you should give your children roots and wings – and my girls have certainly found their wings, especially if they belong to an aeroplane as they both love to travel!

These fun mosaic socks were designed with not so small daughter’s trip to Nepal in July 2024 in mind – a blend of fun, trekking and working on a social project with the organisation World Challenge. It’s going to be a life-changing trip, and no doubt with one or two surprises – just like these socks! The monkey face appeared quite by surprise during the design process, but is perfect to represent the monkeys that live in Kathmandu.

The Monkey Puzzle Socks are constructed as top down socks with a heel flap and gusset. The heel is knitted in alternating colours carried across the heel flap which creates a durable, cushioned heel. The mosaic pattern is worked with slip stitches and finished with duplicate stitch.

You can read the blog post for the story behind these socks here.

 

Useful to know

Size

To fit ball of foot circumference 8 [8.5:9:9.5] inches ; 20 [22:23:24] cm

 

Yarn

1 x 100g ball West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4ply in Chocolate Lime (395), MC

1 x 100g ball West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4ply in Butterscotch (240), CC

For WYS yarn stockists, click here.

 

Materials

2.5mm needles – short circular needle, DPNs (double pointed needles) or 80cm circular for magic loop

1 set DPNs size 3.0mm (optional for a looser cuff)

1 set DPNs size 2.5mm (not required for magic loop)

Stitch holder (optional)

Stitch markers

Wool needle

 

Tension
30 sts to 10 cm (4 ins) in stocking stitch (worked in the round) on 2.5mm needles.

 

This pattern is for:

  • Knitters who can confidently cast on, knit and purl. (I’ll help you with the rest!)
  • People who like monkeys, dragons, South American ancient carvings or just a fun pair of socks using the mosaic knitting technique

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.

 

Printing info:

The pattern is 22 pages long.

  • 14 pages of pattern including written instructions and charts
  • 6 pages of photo tutorial
  • 2 pages of additional information at the end

 

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