OBSESSED WITH QUALITY YARN SINCE 1952

Design: Rachel Søgaard

Thorsminde 3rd edition - March 2022 © filcolana
English translation: June Thomsen

Thorsminde is a pair of fine socks, which you can easily show off under a pair of slightly blunt
trousers or a midi-length dress. The socks are decorated with a small mock cable, a simple
slipped stitch, and a neat, easy knit and purl pattern. The socks are knit with wedge heels,
which is the designer’s favourite.

SIZES MATERIALS
35/36 (37/38) 39/40 (41/42) Yarn from Filcolana
100 g Arwetta colour 977 (Marzipan)
MEASUREMENTS
Shaft: 18 cm (all sizes)   Double pointed needles 2.5 mm
Circumference: 17 (17) 18 (18) cm
Stitch markers
GAUGE
32 sts and 44 rows in stockinette with 2.5 mm needles
= 10 x 10 cm

Needle sizes are for guidance only.

If you have more sts per 10 cm, change to a larger nee-
dle. If you have fewer sts per 10 cm, change to smaller
needles.

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 Technical Workflow
SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS The socks are knit top down.
Sl1 k1 psso First you knit a ribbing edge, then the shaft with pat-
Slip 1 st purlwise, knit 1 stitch, and pass the slipped tern on the front and stockinette on the back.
stitch over the knitted stitch.
The heel is knitted as a gusset heel with a ‘heel flap’ and
Wyif thereafter decreases on each side of the wrist.
With yarn in front (of work).
The foot is knitted as the shaft with pattern on the top
Wyib half and stockinette on the lower part.
With yarn in back (of work).
The toe has decreases on each side and is knitted in
stockinette
CHART

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31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Knit on RS, purl on WS

Purl on RS, knit on WS
Insert right needle in st as to knit, yarn over twice, finish st as a knit st
and slip from needle. Now you have 2 yarnovers in first st on right needle.
Slip st with yarn in back
Place 1 st on cable needle and slip one of the yarn overs off the
needle, knit 3 sts, knit the st off cable needle.
Place 3 sts on cable needle behind work, knit 1 st and slip one
of the yarn overs off the needle, knit 3 sts off cable needle.

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 Pattern
HEEL
Knit 15 (15) 16 (17) sts, turn work.  
1st row (WS): sl1p wyif, purl 27 (27) 29 (31) sts, k1,
turn work.
With 2.5 mm dpns cast on 60 (60) 64 (68) sts with 2nd row: sl1p wyif, knit 28 (28) 30 (32) sts, turn
ordinary long-tail cast-on. work.
Mark the first st and continue in the round.
Repeat rows 1 and 2 an additional 14 (14) 15 (16)
Knit rib (k1, p1) in the round till work measures 4 cm.   times, then knit 1st row once more.
Continue in the round as follows: knit 15 (15) 17 Next up are short rows. Knit as follows:
(19) sts, knit 31 sts according to diagram, knit 14 (14) 1st row (RS): sl1p wyif, knit 16 (16) 17 (18) sts, sl1
16 (18) sts. k1 psso, k1, turn work.
Continue with this distribution of sts until the shaft 2nd row: sl1p wyif, p6, p2tog, p1, turn work.
measures 18 cm or has the desired length. Mark which
round is your last so that you can continue with the 3rd row: sl1p wyib, k7, sl1 k1 psso, k1, turn work.
next, when having knitted the heel.
4th row: sl1p wyif, p8, p2tog, p1, turn work.

5th row: sl1p wyib, k9, sl1 k1 psso, k1, turn work.

6th row: sl1p wyif, p10, p2tog, p1, turn work.

7th row: sl1p wyib, k11, sl1 k1 psso, k1, turn work.

8th row: sl1p wyif, p12, p2tog, p1, turn work.

9th row: sl1p wyib, k13, sl1 k1 psso, k1, turn work.

10th row: sl1p wyif, p14, p2tog, p1, turn work.

Sizes 35/36 (37/38) only

11th row: sl1p wyib, k15, sl1 k1 psso, turn work.
12th row: sl1p wyif, p15, p2tog, turn work.

Sizes 39/40 (41/42) only

11th row: sl1p wyib, k16, sl1 k1 psso, k1, turn work.
12th row: sl1p wyif, p16, p2tog, p1, turn work.

Size (41/42) only)

13th row: sl1p wyib, k17, sl1 k1 psso, turn work.
14th row: sl1p wyif, p17, p2tog, turn work.

All sizes
Next row: sl1p wyib, knit 7 (7) 8 (8) sts, place a marker
in next st. This is the beginning of the round.

Next step is picking up sts on each side, between the

heel and wrist sts.

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1st round: knit 9 (9) 10 (10), use an extra needle and 8th round: Knit 10 (10) 11 (12) sts, k2tog, sl1 k1
pick up 1 st in the outermost loop in each st along the psso, knit 19 (19) 21 (23) sts, k2tog, sl1 k1 psso, knit
‘heel flap’, knit those 14 (14) 15 (16) sts (or through 9 (9) 10 (11) sts.
the back loop if your sts are very loose), place a marker,
knit 0 (0) 1 (2) sts, follow diagram over 31 sts, knit 0 Continue with the above decrease on each round, until
(0) 1 (2) sts, place a marker, pick up 1 st in the you have knit the following round: k5, k2tog, sl1 k1
outermost loop in each st along the ‘heel flap’, knit psso, k9, k2tog, sl1 k1 psso, k4.
those 14 (14) 15 (16) sts (or knit tbl), knit the last
8 (8) 9 (9) sts = 76 (76) 82 (86) sts. Knit the first 6 sts on next round.

2nd round: Knit to 2 sts before marker, k2tog, knit Break yarn with a long-tail, place the wrist sts on one
0 (0) 1 (2) sts, follow diagram over 31 sts, knit 0 (0) 1 needle and the sole sts on another. Sew the toe together
(2) sts, sl1 k1 psso, knit remaining sts. with Kitchener st, or turn work inside out and knit the
sts together as k2tog (with one st from each needle),
3rd round: Knit to marker, knit 0 (0) 1 (2) sts, follow while still binding off.
diagram over 31 sts, knit 0 (0) 1 (2) sts, knit remaining
sts. Knit a matching sock.

Continue with decreases on every 2nd round like FINISHING

above, until you again have 60 (60) 64 (68) sts left on Weave in all loose ends.
the needles, distributed with 29 (29) 31 (33) sts of Wash sock according to washing instructions on the
stockinette under the foot and 31 sts in pattern on the label and lay them flat to dry.
upper foot with 0 (0) 1 (2) knitted sts on each side. Alternatively let them dry on sock blockers.

Continue knitting stockinette on the lower part and

following the pattern on the upper part, until the foot
measures 19 (21) 22.5 (24) cm or has the desired
length minus 3 cm.
Continue in stockinette over all sts and make decreases
for the toe like this:

TOE
1st round: Knit all sts.

2nd round: Knit 15 (15) 16 (17) sts, sl1 k1 psso, knit

27 (27) 29 (31) sts, k2tog, knit 14 (14) 15 (16) sts.

3rd round: Knit all sts.  

4th round: Knit 13 (13) 14 (15) sts, k2tog, sl1 k1

psso, knit 25 (25) 27 (29) sts. K2tog, sl1 k1 psso, knit
12 (12) 13 (14) sts.

5th round: Knit all sts.  

6th round: Knit 12 (12) 13 (14) sts, k2tog, sl1 k1

psso, knit 23 (23) 25 (27) sts, k2tog, sl1 k1 psso, knit
11 (11) 12 (13) sts.

7th round: Knit 11 (11) 12 (13) sts, k2tog, sl1 k1

psso, knit 21 (21) 23 (25) sts, k2tog, sl1 k1 psso, knit
10 (10) 11 (12) sts.

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