Check Mate Fair Isle Socks by Liliya Patashka

Check Mate Fair Isle Socks

Knitting
May 2017
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
31 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
437 - 459 yards (400 - 420 m)
Medium (72 sts)
English Russian
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

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You will need: Fingering weight yarn in two contrasting colors, yardage 420 m [460 yds] per 100 g [3.5 oz] – 50 g [1.75 oz] per color.
Needles: circular needles 2.5 mm [US 1.5], 80 cm [32 in] long.
Gauge: 31 sts and 34 rows/rounds = 10 x 10 cm [4 x 4 in].

Colors are used up equally.

This pattern comes in one size – 72 sts. Some adjustment tips given in pattern for adding/omiting sts and rounds and using smaller/larger needles and thinner/thicker fingering weight yarn.
The pattern contains short and detailed instructions in the same file, as well as helpful photos for some of the techniques used. You need to be able to read charts in order to complete this project. Techniques used in this pattern: Alternating 2-color long-tail cast-on method, stranded knitting.