The Lemon and Lavender socks were inspired by the colors of summer: gelato, flower gardens at dawn, flowy summer dresses, the French Riviera and favorite chilly cocktails. Choose your favorite colors and start striping. These socks are especially good for using your leftover bits and pieces.

The Lemon and Lavender socks are knitted from cuff down. They are started with an optional tubular cast on, which makes the cast on edge beautiful and stretchy. The socks are knitted with a stripe sequence pattern. The heels are worked in elongated short-row heel, worked with German short rows. All techniques used are explained in the pattern.

Size
1 (2, 3)
Foot circumference: 17.5 (20, 22.5) cm / 7 (8, 9) inches, length adjustable

Yarn
250-300 m / 275-350 yards of fingering weight sock yarn in main color (MC), and
20 m / 25 yards of fingering weight sock yarn in contrasting color (CC).

Shown with Hedgehog Fibres Sock (90% Merino, 10% Nylon, 400 m / 437 yards per 100g) in colorway Ghost as MC and Ginger Twist Studio’s Ginger’s Handdyed Sheepish Sock (80% Wool, 20% Nylon, 365 m / 399 yards per 100g) in colorway Gorblimey as CC.

Needles
2.5 mm / US 1.5 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for short circumference knitting
Always use the needle size that gets you the right gauge!

Gauge
32 sts and 44 rounds = 10 cm / 4 inches of Stockinette stitch in the round

Notions
2 stitch markers
waste yarn
sewing needle
blocking tools (sock blockers)