The fifth sock in the UK Sock Knitters 2019 Challenge.

There are 18 groups in the periodic table and this year I will be knitting a sock to represent an element from each of them. Click the link above to follow my progress on the whole project in one notebook post !

The element for this design is Iron (FE) the surface of Mars is comprised of Iron Oxide. I didn’t want to go down the route of doing something red to represent iron/mars so I took inspiration from Bowie.

The pattern features twisted stitches, that wander in both straight and zig zag patterns. The mock cable from V for Vanadium makes an appearance here again, with the idea of using something familiar in a different way.

I asked Lottieknits to create a turquoise based yarn with flashes of orange and hot pink.based on Bowie’s iconic look in the Life on Mars video. The resulting colourway is “Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads”