For most people the first signs of Spring are a welcome sight. Crocuses poking their leaves through frost, trellises going back up in gardens, and (likely) a fair bit more mud and rain.

For me, the truest sign that Spring is here is my birthday, nestled in just after the Spring Equinox. Imagine my excitement when I met a yarn dyer with the same birthday. Naturally, we decided to collaborate!

Besides a shared birthday, we both grow irises in our gardens. It is those beautiful flowers that inspired the yarn. The pattern is designed to play with those colors- to blend and soften them as if looking at a field of flowers.

The pattern includes written instructions for cuff down construction with two needles using the Magic Loop method but any circular knitting method can be used. Instructions are given for a short row heel.

PATTERN INFO
Sizing
Small (Medium, Large)
To fit foot circumference 7 8, 9in/18 20.5, 23cm

Gauge
33 sts and 43 rnds = 4in/10cm Stockinette
36 sts and 50 rnds = 4in/10cm Spring Pattern

Yarn
250 - 300yds/229 - 275m Twinkly Knits 4-ply light fingering (75% merino 25% nylon, 689yds/630m per 5.3oz/150g skein)
Sample in Iris from April 2021 Sock Yarn Box

Needles
US 1.5/2.5mm for working in the round; DPNs or 40in/100cm circular for Magic Loop method

Notions
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends