Argyle Day
Argyle Day falls on 8 January. Wear argyle, knit or stitch something in the pattern, or make your own with the free generator below.
The chart puts the pattern on a stitch grid, so the overstripe falls on whole stitches. The grid size follows the repeat you set.
Open the full generatorAbout Argyle Day
84 days to Argyle Day.
Ways to mark the day
- Wear argyle: socks, a sweater vest, a scarf.
- Knit or cross-stitch an argyle piece.
- Make a pattern in your own colours and download it.
The pattern takes its name from Argyll, in western Scotland, and from the Clan Campbell tartan it was loosely based on. It became a fixture of socks and sweaters in Britain and the United States after the First World War.The history is here.
Pattern packs
All eleven colourways →Eleven ready-made colourways, each with a wallpaper SVG, a printable A4 and a stitch chart with colour key. The generator stays free. Visit theEtsy shop.
Get a reminder before 8 January
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