This pattern was designed especially for the 2025 West Yorkshire Spinners Christmas yarn, Mulled Wine. You can read the blog post about this pattern and the yarn here.
Nutmeg is a lace and rib socks pattern, inspired by the swirling, spiralling steam on a mug of mulled wine. Knitted from the cuff down, the lace panel has both charts and written instructions and continues to the end of the gusset after which the rest of the foot is knitted in rib.
The heel is a heel flap and gusset type heel; the ribbing on the rest of the sock will mean that the sock will stretch even for wider feet so this sock should be perfect for any size.
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 Yuletide
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.
- Knitters who like a lace knit that doesn’t repeat.
- People who want to impress with their festive gift knits!
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. You can find out more here:
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