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Bicycle Socks 312

Tradewind Knitwear Designs
Patternfish
Knitting
January 1999
Lucy Neatby Celestial Merino Dream Mottled Solids
Fingering / 4 ply (14 wpi)
34 stitches = 4 inches in stranded colorwork
US 1 - 2.25 mm
528 - 579 yards (483 - 529 m)
This pattern is available for C$7.00 CAD
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Summary Top down, stranded colorwork, bicycle graphic, common heel.

Gauge and Size

  • Adjustable with needle size or yarn weight
  • Stitches per inch (2.5 cm) required (gauge) = 80 stitches / (ankle measurement + .5” or 1.27 cm) over two-color knitting
  • Example: to have sock fit ankle of 9-inch circumference; 80/9.5 = 8.42 stitches per inch (2.5 cm)

Yarn Fingering weight sock yarn

  • 2 x 50 g (1.75 oz) Main color
  • 1 x 50 g (1.75 oz) Contrast color
  • Use yarns with strong contrasts, or alternatively choose a strong contrast color and work background in stripes or leftovers.

Pattern $6.00 CDN and kit $45.00 CDN from Tradewind Knitwear Designs