‘The tide laps over the warm sands and when it recedes, across the shore blossoms the gleaming faces of shells carried across the North Atlantic to this wistful cove in Devon. No edge is cracked or beauty shattered, nor is a single pale ridge stained. Her toes sink into the soft sand with a hush, but the shells remain clear and smooth, polished with each wash of the sea. She reaches down and picks one up, a hollow left behind where it had settled before the ocean removes all trace. Her thumb dances over the pink ridges, up and down, up and down, up and down, and she continues along the line to the cliff, on empty Barricane Beach. ‘

These socks are knit top down, in the round. There are instructions for a heel flap and gusset and a wedge toe. The pattern is worked on the front of the sock only and has charted and written instructions and has been tech edited.

This pattern requires a basic understand of sock construction, knit and purl sts and simple lace techniques, yo, and ptog/ktog It would be an advantage to know a stretchy cast on and Kitchener stitch, as instructions are not given for these.

Yarn
1 skein/100grams/365m (399yds) of fingering weight yarn.
Sample was knit using Beehive Yarns Bardot sock in ‘Sandpiper’ for the body of the sock and ‘Jockey Full of Bourbon’ for the contrast heels and toes.

Needles
2.25mm (US 1) circular needle 80cm (32inch) for magic loop or 2.25mm (US 1) set of DPN’s or size needed to get gauge.

Notions
Stitch markers and a tapestry needle.

Sizes
Small, (Medium and Large) recommended to fit foot circumference of 18 (20.5, 23) cm/ 7(8, 9) inches. Leg length worked in sample is 16.5cm /6.5 inches (leg and foot length are fully adjustable).

Gauge
36sts and 48 rows per 10cm (4 inches) in stocking stitch.

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