Going to a ball, but want warm feet? Need to impress someone with a foot fetish? Invited to a party where the dress code is ‘cursive script’? These are the socks for you — bona fide fancy. They have a fancy stranded-colourwork pattern with some corrugated ribbing as well as a top-down version of the Fleegle heel (no picking up stitches!) and a lightly modified wedge toe.

The pattern contains technique illustrations, a ‘how to’ for working this pattern off gauge, dark-on-light and light-on-dark charts (as well as written instructions in the print disability and screen reader friendly file, handy tips and tricks, and there’s even a little something in there for medieval marginalia connoisseurs! There’s a colourful version, a black and white version for printing, and also a print disability and screen reader friendly version. This pattern has been tested and tech edited.

Sizing
Sizes 1, (2, 3) (4, 5, 6)
Finished measurements: 15 (16.5, 18.5) (20, 22, 24.5)cm or 6 (6¾, 7¼) (8, 9, 9¾)” foot circumference.
To fit: 16.5 (18.5, 20) (22, 24.5, 27)cm or 6½ (7¼, 8) (8¾, 9¾, 10¾)” foot circumference.

The sample shown is size 4.

Techniques
Stranded colourwork, ladder-back jacquard (explained in pattern), corrugated ribbing, short rows, increasing and decreasing, grafting, reading your knitting.

Yarn
300–500m or 330–550 yards of 4ply/fingering weight sock yarn in main colour.
70–100m or 75–110 yards of 4ply/fingering weight sock yarn in contrast colour.

The sample is in a handspun, Romney x Corriedale (75%) and Valais Blacknose (25%), fingering weight (20 wraps per inch), yarn, made with 3 plies.

Gauge
36 stitches x 48 rounds = 10cm or 4” in stockinette stitch after blocking. This should form a dense fabric to make more durable socks.
36 stitches x 40 rounds = 10cm or 4” in Fancy Schmancy Colourwork Chart after blocking.

Needles
2mm (US 0) needles in your favourite sock knitting needle configuration, or size needed to get gauge. You may need a different needle size to get gauge in colourwork.

Accessibility Statement
This pattern has a print disability and screen reader friendly version. That version has 24pt Verdana font, no italics are used, with both written instructions and charts. The charts are in black, white, and grey, with a red, dashed repeat line, and a double blue line. The charts are still fully understandable with colour removed. All information in the charts in conveyed in the written instructions in the print disability and screen reader friendly version, so the pattern can be made without reference to charts. The pattern contains images; all of which have alt text and captions. Abbreviations and symbols have been removed from the pattern. Due to my own disability, I am not able to test this pattern with a screen reader beyond the word ‘read aloud’ function. If you use a screen reader with this pattern, I’d love to hear how it goes.

Pricing
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