Spring (The Valley Comes Alive) - Knitting Pattern PDF

Buy all four seasons for the price of three here! Stardew Valley Collection

These socks are inspired by the Spring season of Stardew Valley, featuring a mountain landscape with pink spring trees and crops (strawberries, parsnips, blue jazz and tulips). Please note this is to purchase the pattern to knit the socks, not the socks themselves. Due to the nature of digital downloads, I cannot offer refunds.

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

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These are knitting patterns inspired by my love for Stardew Valley. While ConcernedApe is not affiliated with this project, I have permission from him to sell the patterns.

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Construction

These socks are knit cuff-down and the pattern includes 4 sizes. There is stranded colorwork all over the leg and foot, a short row heel, and a toe finished with grafting. Note that there are a few rounds where you’ll need to hold 3 colors at once. You can choose to add the 3rd color after the sock is finished using duplicate stitch.

Sizes

Small (Medium, Large, X-Large)
Finished foot circumference: 7.5 (8.5, 9.5, 10.5)” / 19 (21.5, 24, 26.5) cm
Choose a foot circumference 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

KnitPicks Palette, 231 yds / 50g, 100% Peruvian Highland Wool. 1 ball of each color is enough to make all 4 seasons.

Yarn Note: I used Palette because because I found the vibrant colors to be the closest match to the game aesthetic out of the yarns I compared, plus this non-superwash yarn is also a great fit for intense colorwork patterns like this one. Since it is a sticky yarn, the strands grab onto each other and bloom together well after blocking, resulting in a beautiful colorwork fabric. If you choose to use Palette, please note I intended these socks to be cozy house socks to be worn gently - though to be honest I have these displayed on my wall instead of wearing them at all! 

If you plan to instead heavily wear your socks, you might want to substitute a yarn that contains nylon so that your socks are more durable. A wool/silk blend would also be a great option if you prefer to stick with natural fibers. Since Palette is a wooly yarn with a lot of air, it creates a larger and thicker sock than the typical thinner sock yarns. So if you substitute yarn, I highly recommend going up one or two needle sizes AND sock sizes, so that your sock does not end up too small. You could also easily substitute yarn only for the solid color heels and toes, which get the most wear and tear, and use Palette for the colorwork.

Color List

The complete color list is below for all 4 seasons. Many yarns are used for more than one season, so keep this in mind if you decide to substitute. 1 ball each is enough to make all 4 seasons.

Multiple seasons
Alfalfa (spring, summer)
Bison (summer, fall, winter)
Fuchsia (spring, summer, fall)
Garnet Heather (spring, fall)
Grass (spring, summer, fall)
Jay (spring, summer)
Pimento (all)
Pool (spring, summer, winter)
Semolina (spring, summer, fall)
Sky (summer, fall, winter)
Tranquil (spring, winter)
Turmeric (spring, summer)
White (all)
Wonderland Heather (spring, summer, winter)

Spring only
Cotton Candy
Wheat Heather

Summer only
Clover
Custard
Edamame
Mai Tai Heather

Fall only
Almond
Ciel
Fairy Tale
Golden Heather
Marsala
Merlot Heather
Sweet Potato

Winter only
Abyss Heather
Bittersweet Heather
Celestial
Lady Slipper
Majestic