Xoxo Sox are designed for waste yarns: you need only approx. 60 grams of main colour and approx. 25 g of any scraps you have left from your other projects for the contrast colour. You can use hand-dyed speckled yarn for the pattern or knit every repeat with different colours - or play with the yarn and make some contrast motifs and duplicate the pattern afterwards with a highlighter yarn - they all work! Just have fun and create something unique from the scraps! The socks are made cuff down, and the heel is super easy German short row heel. Also the colourwork is so easy that the beginners can manage it too - no loooooong floats, yippee!

WHAT YOU NEED
Yarn: Main colour: 60 (60) g of Filcolana Arwetta (80% merino, 20% nylon - 210 m / 230 yds / 50 g), colour off-white (101).
Contrast colour: 20 (25) g of Hedgehog Fibres Sock Yarn (90% merino, 10% nylon - 400 m / 437 yds / 50 g), colour Oracle or Rosehip + some highlighter color for XO motifs. Or any scrap yarns.
Needle: 2.25 mm (US1) and 2.5 mm (US1.5) long circular needle for magic loop and DPNs if you prefer. In that case, magic loop needle 1 corresponds to DPNs I and II and magic loop needle 2 to DPNs III and IV. Place sts evenly on DPNs.
Notions: Tapestry needle.
Gauge: 36 sts x 37 rnds = 10 cm / 4” of colourwork with 2.5 mm (US1.5) needle.
Technique: The socks are worked cuff down with German short row heel as stranded colourwork.

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The pattern is in English.