This was a case of yarn inspiring pattern. When I saw these beautiful colors, I immediately thought of a cauldron. And a broom. And a witch’s hat. And a cat.

Why not a cat wearing the hat on a broom? So I set to work, and realized that to keep things as simple as possible, I made sure this design could be done with 2-color stranded knitting, while using duplicate stitch for a few of the elements (like the hat.)

To make sure this fits well, a few extra stitches are added to the colorwork sections, and the cat section is knit on a bigger needle than the rest of the sock. More instructions and suggestions to make sure the socks fit well are in the pattern as well.

The charts in the main pattern are in color, but there is an extra file with black and white charts with symbols that can be used as is, or colored with colored pencils.

Sizes: S (M, L) to fit 7-8 (8-9, 9-10)” or about 18-20 (20-22.5, 23-25.5) cm circumferences

Yarn:

MC: 100g of fingering weight yarn
CCs: 5 x 10g fingering weight yarn

Needles:
US size 1 (2.25mm,) and
US size 1.5 (2.5mm)

Extras:
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Ruler or measuring tape

Gauge:
34 stitches and 46 rows to 4” (10cm) worked in stockinette stitch in the round on smaller needles.
34 stitches and 40 rows to 4” (10cm) worked in stranded colorwork in the round on smaller needles.
32 stitches and 40 rows to 4” (10cm) worked in stranded colorwork in the round on larger needles.