SOCK UNICORN

This pattern is adapted from Bobbi Padgett’s wonderful and ingenious ​Sock Giraffe
https://mybooteeknits.blogspot.com/​ and published with her permission

Materials:
Sock weight yarn: cream/white for body, small
amounts in 1 or 2 contrasting colours for hooves,
yellow for horn, and rainbow colours for mane.
Fibrefill or alternative for stuffing
Black and pale pink embroidery thread

Needles: ​2-2.5mm circular needle(s) (depending on

whether you’re using two-circular or magic loop
method)
2mm crochet hook
Gauge: ​not important, but tight enough that stuffing
won’t show through easily

Abbreviations
K: knit
P: purl
Kfb: knit front and back
K2tog: knit two together
sl: slip purlwise
w+t: wrap and turn
m1: make one stitch by inserting ​the left-hand needle under the bar between the stitches from front to
back. Use the right needle to knit this bar through the back loop.
Tbl: through back loop

Y1A: ​Hoof base

Y1B:​ Hoof wall
Y2:​ Body
Y3:​ Horn

Legs (make 4):

CO 8 with crochet magic circle or Judy’s magic cast on and Y1A
Round 1:​ K1, (kfb) 7 times (15 sts)
Round 2:​ (K2 kfb) 5 times (20 sts)
Round 3:​ (K1 kfb) 10 times (30 sts)
Round 4​: K30
Round 5:​ P30
(Optional: Change to Y1B)
Round 6​: K30
Round 7:​ (K8 K2tog) 3 times (27 sts)
Round 8: ​K27
Round 9:​ (K7 K2tog) 3 times (24 sts)
Rounds 10-11: ​K24

Change to Y2
Round 1: ​K24
Round 2:​ knit all 24 sts
Round 3:​ (k6, k2tog,) 3 times (21 sts)
Round 4:​ knit all 21 sts
Round 5:​ (k5, k2tog,) 3 times (18 sts)
Rounds 5-20:​ knit all 18 sts.
Stuff & consolidate as follows:
Divide stitches onto two needles. Holding the needles parallel, with a third needle knit one stitch from
the front needle and one stitch from the back needle together (similar to a 3 needle bind off, but without
binding off). 9 stitches remaining, and the leg opening is now closed.

Head:​ With Y2 & Judy’s magic cast on method CO 32 sts. Work short rows with only 16 sts.
Row 1:​ sl1, k until 1 st remains, w+t
Row 2:​ sl1, p until 1 st remains, w+t
Continue until 5 sts wrapped on each side (6 sts unwrapped in the centre)
K to first wrapped st, pick up wrap and place on left hand needle, knit stitch and wrap together tbl, w+t
P to first wrapped st, pick up wrap and place on left hand needle, purl stitch and wrap together, w+t
Continue until all sts consumed
Continue knitting in the round and knit the 16 sts from the circular needle.

Rounds 1-6:​ knit all 32 sts

Round 7:
Muzzle:​ Work short rows with the first 16 sts of this round only.
Row 1:​ (k1, m1) x 7, k2, (m1, k1) x 7 (30 sts),
Row 2:​ sl1, p until 1 st remains, w+t
Row 3:​ sl1, k until 1 st remains, w+t
Continue until 10 sts wrapped
P to first wrapped st, pick up wrap and place on left hand needle, purl stitch and wrap together, w+t
K to first wrapped st, pick up wrap and place on left hand needle, knit stitch and wrap together tbl, w+t
Continue until all sts consumed

Round 7 cont:​ resume working in the round by knitting the next 16 stitches. Now at beg of round again.
Round 8:​ (k2tog) x 7, k2, (k2tog) x 7, K16 (32 sts)
Rounds 9: ​K32
Round 10:​ (k1, k2tog tbl, k1) 4 times, k16, (28 sts)
Round 11: ​K28
Round 12:​ (k1, k2tog tbl) twice, (k2tog tbl, k1) twice, k16, (24 sts). You will now be working rounds of the
neck and body.

Rounds 13-21:​ knit all 24 sts,

Stuff the head & neck.
Body:​ Knit 16 more stitches. New beginning of round is at midway point of the back.
Round 1:​ (k4, m1, k4) 3 times (27)
Round 2:​ knit
Round 3​: k5, m1, k9, m1, k8, m1, k5 (30 sts)
Round 4:​ k6.
Consolidate next 18 stitches with 2 legs as follows:
While holding the body section as if you were going to continue knitting, pick up the needle containing
the legs so that you can see the purl side of the final row. Hold the body needle and the leg needle
parallel so that the body is farthest away from you and the leg is in the front.​ ​Knit one stitch from the leg
and one stitch from the body together across the 9 leg stitches. Now attach a second leg in the same
manner as the first.
K6 to finish off the round

Round 5,​ knit all 30 sts,

Round 6:​ k5, m1, knit to last 5, m1, k5 (32 sts)
Round 7:​ knit all 32 sts,
Round 8:​ k5, m1, k10, m1, k2, m1, k10, m1, k5 (36 sts)
Round 9:​ knit all 36 sts
Round 10:​ k6, m1, k to last 6, m1, k6 (38 sts)
Round 11:​ knit all 38 sts,
Round 12:​ k6, m1, k12, m1, k2, m1, k12, m1, k6 (42 sts)
Round 13:​ knit all 42 sts,
Round 14:​ (k7, m1) twice, k5, m1, k4, m1, k5, (m1, k7) twice (48 sts)
Round 15:​ knit all 48 sts,
Round 16:​ (k8, m1) twice, k6, m1, k4, m1, k6, (m1, k8) twice (54 sts)
Round 17:​ knit all 54 sts,
Round 18:​ (k9, m1) twice, k6, m1, k6, m1, k6,(m1, k9) twice (60 sts).

Rounds 19-26:​ knit all 60 sts,

Round 27:​ (k2, k2tog,) twice, k4, k2tog, k32, k2tog, k4, (k2tog, k2,) twice,(54 sts)
Round 28:​ knit all 54 sts,
Round 29:​ k3, k2tog, k8, k2tog, k6, k2tog, k8, k2tog, k6, k2tog, k8, k2tog, k3 (48 sts)
Round 30:​ k13. Consolidate one leg, k4, consolidate another leg, k13
Round 31:​ (k3, k2tog, k3) 6 times. (42 sts)
Round 32:​ k2, k2tog, k6, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k6, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k6, k2tog, k2 (36 sts)
Round 33:​ (k2, k2tog, k2) 6 times, (30 sts), stuff the upper portion of the body until firm.
Round 34:​ k1, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k1 (24 sts)
Round 35:​ (k1, k2tog, k1) 6 times, (18 stitches)
Round 36:​ (k1, k2tog,) 6 times (12 sts) cut yarn, thread onto tapestry needle, stuff then pull tight and tie
off.

Ears (make 2):

With Y2:
Even rows: ​P
Row 1:​ CO1
Row 3:​ Kfb (2 sts)
Row 5: ​K1 m1 K1 (3 sts)
Row 7: ​K1 m1 K1 m1 K1 (5 sts)
Row 9: ​K1 m1 K3 m1 K1 (7 sts)
Row 11: ​K1 m1 K to last st m1 K1 (9 sts)
Row 13: ​K1 m1 K to last st m1 K1 (11 sts)
Rows 15-18: ​St st
Cast off, fold in half and stitch along edges
Attached to head perpendicular to line that formed during head shaping.
Horn:
With Y3:
PU 6 in centre of forehead in triangle
K 5 rounds
K2tog K4 (5 sts)
Change to work as i cord
K2 rounds
K2tog K2 (3 sts)
K 2 rounds
K2tog K1 (2 sts)
Cut yarn with long tail
Pull yarn through; run up and down horn several times.

Mane:
Cut 10” lengths of yarn in rainbow colours. Starting just behind the horn, double a strand of yarn, insert a
small crochet hook under one stitch and pull the loop through the stitch. Pull the tails through the loop to
knot the yarn around the stitch. Continue along the neck until the mane is as long as you want it.
Trim to even up the mane.

Tail:
Cut 10” lengths of yarn in rainbow colours. On the back of the unicorn on the
row just above where you began decreasing to finish off, double a strand of
yarn, insert a small crochet hook under one stitch and pull the loop through
the stitch. Pull the tails through the loop to knot the yarn around the stitch.
Repeat in a close cluster around the first stitch with the other colours of yarn
until the tail is as full as you want it to be. Trim to desired length.

Finishing:
With pale pink embroidery thread, stitch a line
across the face, along the line of the first muzzle
increases, from the point of the short rows on one
side of the face to the other (see picture for
example).
With black embroidery thread, stitch eyes starting
from the pink line, extending upwards for 2-3
stitches. Stitch two small lines for nostrils, and
backstitch the mouth from about half to two-thirds
of the way down the line of short row stitches on
one side of the face to the other.