Rad for Plaid by Twin Stitches Designs

Rad for Plaid

Knitting
February 2024
yarn held together
Fingering
+ Fingering
= DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
924 - 1000 yards (845 - 914 m)
Adult Small/Medium and Adult Large
English

Rad for Plaid is all about having fun with your leftover yarns. Grab those half skeins laying around and knit a fun pair of “Rad for Plaid”

The socks are deisgned BOTH Cuff-Down and Toe-up and are knit double stranded. This creates a fun DK weight gauge. Don’t want to knit double stranded? No worries you can substitue for 1 strand of DK weight yarn.

PATTERN IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE SOCK-TASTIC CLUB till January 1st 2025.

Sizes

Adult Small/Medium and Adult Large
To fit approximately 7.5 (9)” / 19 (23) cm

Yarn
The sample was knit using Knit Picks Stroll Tweed 65% Fine Superwash Merino Wool, 25%
Nylon, 10% Donegal Tweed (made of 70% Acrylic, 30% Viscose) 231 yards per 50g. You will need 2 balls of your MC with 1 ball each for your CC.

Yardage
MC: 2 Balls or 462 yards / 422 meters
CC: 231 yards / 211 meters

Sample 1:
MC Marine Heather
CC Famhouse Heather
CC Dalmation

Sample 2:
MC Dill Heather
CC Farmhouse Heather
CC Dalmation

Needles
US 4 / 3.5 mm or size needed to obtain correct gauge
US 5 / 3.75 mm or size needed to obtain correct gauge
Sample was knit using 32” / 81 cm cable with the magic loop method

Gauge in Stockinette

Notions
Tapestry Needle
Stitch Marker
Measuring Tape

Difficulty level 2 out of 5