This sock, for A Star is Shorn’s new sock yarn (Parallax), uses some oldies but goodies to give a new sock pattern some familiar beats. They’re perfect for tip-toeing around! Shhh!

I liked the wrong side of this stitch as well as I liked the right side. You might, too. When you complete the leg, look around at the wrong side and decide if you want to continue with the right side out, or with it facing inwards.

This is perfect for quickly knitted gifts using bits and bobs of leftover yarn. The stitch pattern breaks up variegated yarns, but looks equally nice in a solid color. Couple it with a nice reusable coffee cup, maybe a little gift certificate, and you’ll be set for last-minute gift exchanges.

Quick and easy, this cowl has twice the texture when knit in a handspun worsted weight yarn, and is equally suited to commercial yarns.

Sometimes, the Little Black Dress wants a touch of added drama. You need an easily memorized lace stitch for mindless knitting with big impact.

Masculine. Feminine. Subdued. Elegant. These socks fit many descriptions, and once you’ve knit one pair, you may very well need to knit another in completely different colors to experience all the variations.

New! I’ve uploaded the pattern as a .pdf to Ravelry to make it easier to keep the pattern handy.

This stitch pattern is really a mistake gone right. I picked out a likely looking image from my Japanese stitch dictionary, charted it, and then knit the socks with a band heel.

Aqueduct Socks are designed for Magic Loop, with DPN instructions at the end for the bits that need special DPN instructionizing. :)

The lace designs come from a Japanese stitch dictionary, combined to make an easily memorized sock pattern that’s also extremely stretchy.

Crocuses are harbinger of Spring. Just when one tires of

This lacy stitch pattern is based on one from an old Japanese stitch dictionary I inherited from my mother. Its title is Knit-Pattern Design Book, published by Josei-No-Tomo-Sha and dates to 1962.