Crystalline Socks by Debbie O'Neill

Crystalline Socks

Knitting
August 2010
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
38 stitches and 54 rows = 4 inches
US 0 - 2.0 mm
437 yards (400 m)
6¼ (7, 8, 9)” foot circumference, unstretched, to fit women’s U.S. shoe sizes 7 (8½, 9½, 11). Foot length is adjustable.
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

This pattern is available exclusively in Sockupied, the new digital eMag from Interweave. It’s easy to find a sock pattern that works well with solid-color yarns, but we all love the fun colors in variegated yarns. So how about a pattern that works for both? This pattern does just that. A combination of simple lace and twisted stitches creates a crystal lattice structure that looks complex but is easy to work. It has just enough movement to break up color-pooling in a variegated yarn, and it’s interesting enough to be a stunner in a solid yarn.