Date with Ada by Aurélie Colas

Date with Ada

Knitting
August 2015
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 52 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch in the round
US 1 - 2.25 mm
328 - 437 yards (300 - 400 m)
X-Small, Small, Medium, Large
English
This pattern is available for £4.25.

The fourth design in the “British Inventors and Scientists” collection is a tribute to Ada Lovelace (1815-1852). Mathematician and writer, she is regarded as the first “computer programmer” .

These socks have a twist: each sock is the result of the coding of a date. You may knit identical socks by using the same date for each sock. Or you may knit fraternal socks, with each sock embedding a different date.

Depending on which quarter the chosen date falls into, the sock features a different lace pattern. The other details (which month in that quarter, the day, the year) are coded with texture.

And I remain with this question: was Ada Lovelace a knitter?


ERRATUM

There is a mistake in the written instructions for Chart A.
Chart A - Line 3 should read: P1, k2tog, yo, k1, p1.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.


Sizing
To fit foot circumference (measured around ball of foot):
X-Small ― 18 cm (7 in),
Small ― 20 cm (8 in),
Medium ― 23 cm (9 in),
Large ― 25.5 cm(10 in)]


Yarn requirement
Blue Moon Hand-Dyed Indigo sock yarn by The Border Tart (1 x 100g, 400 m / 437 yds)

Needles and Notions

  • 2.25 mm (US 1) needles (circ. or DPNs) - Or size required to achieve gauge.
  • Spare needles (same size or one size smaller)
  • Cable needle
  • Darning needle
  • Stitch markers
  • Waste yarn and crochet hook

Gauge
36 sts and 52 rows / 10cm (4 in) measured over stockinette in the round.

12-Page Pattern includes:
Detailed charts for all patterned sections, for any option selected.
Complete written instructions (including written directions for all Charts)