Tryon Creek Socks by M K Nance

Tryon Creek Socks

Knitting
August 2013
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
34 stitches and 50 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 0 - 2.0 mm
435 yards (398 m)
6¾ (7¾, 8¾)" (17 [19.5, 22] cm) foot circum - ference and 8 (8½, 9)" (20.5 [21.5, 23] cm) long from back of heel to tip of toe; foot length is adjustable
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $3.25.

Inspired by walking along Tryon Creek in Portland, these socks use three knit-purl patterns to break up pooling and add texture to handpainted yarn. Chevrons and modular stitch patterns evoke the water steelhead salmon encounter on the their return to an urban waterway.