Murex by Vintage Purls

Murex

Knitting
February 2012
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
320 - 347 yards (293 - 317 m)
Fits a foot approximately 20 -22cm around at the ball. Length of the foot and leg is entirely adjustable.
English
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Murex is a highly textured sock, lacy but not overtly so and not delicate in appearance.

Don’t be fooled by the sixty stitch initial circumference, the stitch pattern is stretchy and increases the overall stitch count significantly.

The patterning looks complex but works fairly quickly and, since it is restrained to the front.

The gathered nature of the stitch pattern gives dimension to the fabric but it does compress comfortably in a shoe or boot, this is a very wearable design.

This pattern originally appeared in the Vintage Purls Summer Sock Club, 2012.