Edelweiss by Laura Patterson

Edelweiss

Knitting
November 2010
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
11 stitches = 1 inch
in twisted stitch pattern
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
Women's medium: approx 8 in (20.5 cm) circumference
English
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Based on old twisted stitch motifs from Austria, these socks are a combination of tulips and staggered chains of windows. They are worked cuff down, with simplified patterning on the heel flap, and tulips all the way to the tip of the toe.

Coordinates with the Alpenhorn fingerless mitts.

Yarn: fingering weight sock yarn.

Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) needles.

Skills: knitting in the round, k2tog, ssk, twisted stitches.

Notions: stitch markers.

Stitch patterns: Charted and written.

Difficulty: Intermediate.