When I started working on these socks for the Self-Striping Sock Challenge in the Sock Knitters Anonymous group in March 2020, we’d all just been put in quarantine.

I needed happy yarn with happy colors to spark joy and to spark hope.

This lacy pattern with slipped stitches manipulates the striping yarn and enhances the hopeful colors on the leg. The simpler lace pattern on the instep still bends the colors a bit but should be less likely to snag when wearing shoes.

Yardage approx. 360 (380, 400) yds
This pattern has been professionally tech edited.