Viisukat socks are designed to be good luck charms to Finland’s representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019!

Join the intoxication of Eurovision Song Contest and knit your own pair of socks to support Darude!

The socks are worked cuff down as a pretty basic sock pattern. The whole sock is striped with rainbow coloured stripes and the niche is on the leg: a motif of a heart shaped Finnish flag. The motif is worked in Intarsia and the challenge is to work Intarsia in the round.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: foot Circ 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 cm (8.8 - 9.2 - 9.6 - 10 - 10.4 - 10.8”), foot length 22 - 23 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 cm (8.8 - 9.2 - 10 - 10.4 - 10.8 - 11.2”)

MATERIALS: MC about 80 - 90 - 100 - 110 - 135 - 170 m (87 - 98 - 109 - 120 - 147 - 185 yd), CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4 and CC5 each about 40 m (43 yd), black 7 m (7 yd), white 8 m (8 yd) and blue 6 m (6 yd)

SKILL LEVEL: advanced

TECHNIQUES: Tubular CO, Intarsia in the round, Kitchener stitch

EXAMPLE KNIT: Made in size 42/43

Edit 27.4.2019: There are additional charts for flags of 23 other countries that are also competing at ESC, in alphabetical order:
Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland.

Rainbow socks for everyone!