
Hard Candy Christmas Socks
This year, for Advent, I knit two pairs of socks – my Cozy Knitter Advent Socks and a pair of socks using a Must Stash Yarn Christmas colorway. It was so much fun knitting one stripe on every sock each day – and they knit up so fast, it seems!
While I didn’t finish my Must Stash socks until January 1, they were still a great Christmas project that I hope to replicate each year.
The Yarn
In 2020, I asked for a skein of Must Stash Yarn for Christmas. My family, I think begrudgingly, enjoys buying me yarn but always prefers specific instructions on what exactly I want. So when Must Stash had a Christmas update and I saw the color, Hard Candy Christmas, I immediately sent it to a family member to add to my Christmas list. And I was so happy to open it on Christmas Day!
Stacie of Must Stash just keeps coming up with more and more unique colorways that I cannot resist!
The Pattern
Because this yarn is self-striping, I chose to knit a vanilla sock using my favorite, basic pattern from Charlene Schurch.
Details
Pattern: Basic Top Down Socks with Heel Flap by Charlene Schurch
Yarn: Must Stash Yarn Perfect Match Sock in Hard Candy Christmas
Needles: US 1 (2.25 mm)
Made for: me
Time to Completion: 1 month
As always, I knit super tight. So I used a larger needle to cast on 72 stitches and then switched to my usual 2.25 mm needle. I decreased to 70 stitches after the cuff. This really is becoming the perfect formula to fit my feet! And for the heel, I used my favorite technique, eye of partridge. I love this texture of this heel!
This yarn brought me such joy and I looked forward, every day, to knitting a stripe on these socks. Now I need to think about what yarn I can knit with next December, in addition to my Cozy Knitter socks!
I’m a bit of a sock-knitting addict!!

