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LILACS AT NIGHT SOCKS
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First published in Heels and Toes Gazette, Spring 2002, Issue #6
This design was inspired by "Lilac Time", a lace pattern in Marianne Kinzel's Second Book of Modern Lace Knitting. But, in looking at the lace pattern, I saw colorwork! And so, I charted the lilac-shaped motif in Stitch Painter Gold, and started to play with colors. I chose a dark navy ground color, to make the lilac colors pop.
After working the Navy background socks, I decided to try a Natural background, as not all knitters like to work with dark colored yarns! The lighter version is the Daytime Lilacs!
These are soft, cozy socks that will chase winter's cold with remembrances of Spring!
These socks were originally designed in a DK wt. Perendale wool yarn, from New Zealand.
I have reworked them in Brown Sheep Nature Spun Worsted, a worsted that knits easily as a DK wt, thanks to its great yardage!
This yarn also comes in tons of great colors, making designing easy!
This pattern has a large color chart, for easy following.
And, though, it apears to be knit with 3 colors on some rounds, it is purely illusion! Those bits of ice blue color are duplicate stitched later - maximum impact with little extra effort!
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Yarn: Brown Sheep Nature Spun Worsted, 100% wool, 245 yds/3.5 oz pull skeins: 1 skein each #119 Bulldog Blue or #730 Natural (MC), N64 Platte River Blue (CC1), N66 Mill Blue (CC2), and N80 Mountain Purple (CC3)
(2 skeins of MC will allow 2 pair to be knit!)
Gauge: 28 sts & 34 rnds = 4" (10 cm) with size 2 (2.75 mm) dpns or size to give gauge.
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