Driving up a thin dirt road, you wonder what you’ve gotten yourself into as you realize you are going to have to ford a stream. Wheel spinning, you manage to get through only to find a remote parking lot. Roosevelt Elk walk through the dunes in the distance. But you didn’t come to sit at the beach, you came to discover a lost world. It doesn’t take long to scurry up the trail only to be presented with canyon where the walls are so covered in ferns, they have inspired the name: Fern Canyon.

These socks are inspired by my time exploring Fern Canyon, a place in Northern California that was used to film The Lost World: Jurrasic Park, among other dinosaur films. It is a cousin to the Prance Past The Poppies socks that are similarly inspired by California.

Written to use either fingering weight or sport weight yarn, the Fern Canyon socks are ready for adventure.These socks are top down and any heel or toe can be used in place of the recommended one.

Finished Measurements

Fingering Weight
Small (Medium, Large)
6½ (7½, 8½)”/ 16.5 (19, 21.5)cm around ball of foot and calf unstretched

Sport Weight
Small (Medium, Large)
8 (9¼, 10¼)”/ 20.5 (23.5, 26)cm around ball of foot and calf unstretched

Yarn
Sport Weight in the size small is shown in the pictures:
Socks That Rock Medium Weight; 405yds/ 370m per 6oz/ 170g; (100% Superwash Merino Wool); sport weight:
1 skein in Enchanted Forest

OR

Approximately

436 (493, 555)yds/ 400 (450, 507)m in Fingering Weight

or

374 (426, 481)yds/ 342 (390, 440)m in Sport Weight

Needles & Notions
Size 0 US/ 2.0mm circular needle, 32”/ 80cm or preferred small circular method.
Change needle size if needed in order to obtain the correct gauge

2 stitch markers, cable needle

Gauge
Fingering Weight:
34 stitches/ 54 rows = 4x4”/ 10x10cm in Stockinette Stitch

Sport Weight:
28 stitches/ 40 rows = 4x4”/ 10x10cm in Stockinette Stitch