Socks of the Hero (Legend of Zelda) - Knitting Pattern PDF

A celebration of one of my favorite game series ever, the Legend of Zelda, I wanted to design a sock each for Link and Zelda in a way they would fit together in a cohesive pair. Link’s Sock features the iconic Master Sword in the Lost Woods, along with motifs that are associated with his character. Zelda’s Sock starts in the sky, travels to the Great Sea, and similarly includes motifs associated with her character and origin. Each sock ends in the Divine Beast motifs from Breath of the Wild - when you place the two socks side by side all four motifs can be seen. Of course, as with any Legend of Zelda game, there are several secrets as well! Design notes and Easter eggs are included in their own section of the pattern.

Note that the socks are charted all over, and there are a few rounds in each where you have to hold 3 colors at the same time.

A full page of tips are included on general knitting, colorwork, and finishing methods.

This pattern is also on Ravelry. Pattern has been tech edited - thank you to my tech editor, Heather Storta!

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Construction

Socks are knit top down. There are 2 sets of leg charts for each Link’s Sock and Zelda’s Sock styles, and each style includes 4 sizes. The back and front of the leg are charted separately. These socks use a shadow wrap short row heel, in which you don’t need to wrap the stitches, but you can use another short row heel method if you prefer. After the heel, the colorwork foot is worked the same way as the leg - there are 2 sets of charts for each style, in each of the 4 sizes, and both the top and bottom of the foot are charted. The larger sizes have a slightly longer foot length. The sock is finished with duplicate stitch and an optional embroidery stitch. Some of the finishing is marked as optional, as the design will work just fine without those.

Sizes

Small (Medium, Large, X-Large)
Finished foot circumference: 7.5 (8.5, 9.5, 10.75)” / 19 (21.5, 24, 27.5) cm
Choose as size with 0.5 - 0” / 1.25 - 0 cm negative ease. Calf shaping is included.

Gauge

30 sts and 33 rnds = 4” in st st colorwork (in the round) on larger needles

Materials

- US size 1 / 2.25 mm (for cuff) - 32” circular or longer for magic loop or DPNs or 9” circular (as preferred), or one size smaller than gauge needles (for ribbing).
- US size 1.5 / 2.50 mm - 32” circular or longer for magic loop or DPNs or 9” circular (as preferred), or size needed to obtain gauge for colorwork.
- Stitch marker
- Yarn needle

Yarn

Note on yarn: I used Palette due to its wide color range, but note that it doesn’t contain any nylon. So these are not meant to be hard-wearing socks but instead “keep your feet cozy while you lay in bed knitting more socks” type of socks! If you plan on heavy usage, you might want to sub in a yarn that contains nylon (though I've never had any knitter who made these socks with Palette tell me they've had a problem with the yarn!) Palette makes a pretty hefty sock though compared to regular sock yarn so if you sub regular sock yarn I highly recommending going up a size, or at least be super sure you are obtaining gauge with your needle size.

KnitPicks Palette, 231 yds / 50g, 100% Peruvian Highland Wool. 1 ball each of the following colors:

Almond
Ash **
Aster
Bison
Blush
Clover
Cotton Candy
Custard
Delta
Edamame
Green Tea Heather
Hyacinth
Larch Heather
Majestic
Pimento
Pool
Semolina
Sky
Toffee
Turmeric (optional) **
Wheat Heather
White

** Only scrap amounts are needed.