Jewel Beetle Socks by Alexandria Wenninger

Jewel Beetle Socks

Knitting
March 2022
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in colorwork stockinette
US 2 - 2.75 mm
440 - 800 yards (402 - 732 m)
7”/18cm (7.5”/19cm) (8”/20.5cm) (8.5”/21.5cm) (9”/23cm) (9.5”/24cm) (10”/25.5cm).
English
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The Jewel Beetle Socks feature a bi-color broken colorwork motif. The motif is modeled after the iridescent elytral markings of the jewel beetle called Polybothris sumptuosa gemma! These socks are knit toe-up with a short-row heel and are not left/right footed, facilitating two-at-a-time knitting.

Sizing
I provide instructions for 7 sock circumferences: 7”/18cm (7.5”/19cm) (8”/20.5cm) (8.5”/21.5cm) (9”/23cm) (9.5”/24cm) (10”/25.5cm).

Yarn
200-365 meters (220-400 yards) in each of 2 colors of fingering-weight (sock) yarn

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