This pattern is the December sock in my Westknits Year of Socks e-book. This pattern is available exclusively as part of the Westknits Year of Socks 2025 e-book. The sock patterns will be available to purchase individually in 2026.
These colorful socks are great stashbusters! Hold two strands of fingering weight sock yarn together to create a melting marled fabric. The squishy seed stitch beautifully blends hand dyed colors together. Dive into your leftover bits of speckled, variegated, and semi-solid yarns. These socks will be finished in a flash with the seamless top-down construction and thick gauge. Have fun creating your own unique marled color story!

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5)

Finished Measurements
6 (6.5, 8, 9, 10)″ / 15 (17, 20, 23, 25)cm leg and foot circumference. Measurements taken after blocking.

Size 4 shown on a size US 13 / EU 47 size foot that has a 10.5″ / 27cm foot circumference. The sock fits with 1.5″ / 4cm of negative ease.

Socks are designed to fit an actual foot circumference of 7 (7.5, 9, 10, 11)″ / 18 (19, 23, 25, 28)cm. The socks are designed to fit with negative ease. Choose a size with a finished foot circumference measurement that is approximately 1″ / 2.5cm smaller than your actual foot circumference, so that the sock will fit nice and snug on your foot.

The lengths of the cuff, leg, and foot are easily customizable by knitting more rounds for a longer leg or foot or fewer rounds for a shorter leg or foot.

Yarn
Two strands of fingering weight yarn held together for a DK weight gauge

Yardage
Approximately 230 (260, 290, 320, 350)yds / 210 (238, 265, 293, 320)m of both strands of yarn

I recommend having more than the recommended yardage and lots of colors, so you have an abundance of colors choices as you knit the marled fabric.

Shown in
A variety of fingering weight yarns held double including Schoppel Wolle Zauberball Crazy, Twisted Ambitions Sweet Sock, Mominoki Sock Fine 4ply, & Punk Rock Unicorn Soul

Needles
US 4 / 3.5mm circular in 40″ / 100cm length or size needed to obtain gauge

Magic loop method is used for knitting in the rnd. Watch this Westknits video to assist with the Magic Loop technique. https://youtu.be/hpFHbHmrCcc

You can use DPNs if you prefer. Watch this Westknits video to assist with knitting with DPNs. https://youtu.be/y9bvVy08PeE

Notions
2 stitch markers, tapestry needle

Gauge
22 sts & 38 rnds = 4″ / 10cm in stockinette stitch after blocking

Fading Marl
This marling method results in the most blended color melting effect. Hold two colors together and change one strand at a time. Both yarns can change at any time as your colors overlap and mix together. For example, use A+B. Drop A. Use B+C. Drop B. Use C+D. Drop C, etc… This Fading Marl will help blend colors together for smooth transitions. To make the most subtle color melting effects, you will need several shades of a color and fade them from light to dark. Using lots of speckled and variegated yarns in a variety of shades from light to dark will help create a more mixed and blended effect. It’s up to you to decide how many rounds to knit with each color combination.
Changing colors every 2 – 6 rounds produces quick color progressions.
Changing colors every 6–12 rows will create slower color changes and a less blended effect. The sample socks changed one strand of yarn every 2 – 6 rounds during the colorful moss stitch section. Experiment and enjoy the magic of marling yarns.

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