Basalt Socks by Jacqui Goulbourn

Basalt Socks

Knitting
April 2017
Light Fingering ?
8 stitches and 12 rows = 1 inch
in stocking stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
300 - 400 yards (274 - 366 m)
6.75 (7.5, 8.25, 9, 9.75) inches; 17 (19, 21, 23, 25) cm
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These socks were inspired by the landscape of Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim on the Northern Irish coast. The distinctive hexagonal columns were formed from the mineral basalt. This pattern features hexagonal motifs and defined columns of texture.

The socks are worked top down with a heel flap, and the pattern works best in a semi-solid yarn.

5 sizes are provided to suit feet large and small.

This pattern has been tested and tech edited.