Create your own carefully planned, French garden with these stranded colorwork socks, filled with geometry, symmetry, and perspective. Colorwork provided in charted format only.

SIZE
S (M, L), to fit foot circumferences of 7½–8¼ (8¼–9, 9–9¾) inches/19–21 (21–23, 23–25) cm

MATERIALS

• (Vi)laines Chaussettes (75% Superwash Wool/25% Nylon; 437 yd/400 m per 100 g skein) or similar fingering yarn; MC: Jeter des perles aux cochons (Casting pearls before swine); 1 (1, 1) skein; CC: Sauter dans les fougères (Jumping in the ferns); 1 (1, 1) skein
• US1.5/2.5 mm circular needle, 32-inch/80 cm (or size needed to achieve gauge)
• Tapestry needle

GAUGE
32 sts x 44 rnds = 4 inches/10 cm in Stockinette stitch worked in the round, after blocking
36 sts x 43 rnds = 4 inches/10 cm in stranded colorwork pattern stitch worked in the round, after blocking.

I Knit Paris
Print copies available from One More Row Press

From the Eiffel Tower to jardins a la française, take a knitting whirl through Paris. We introduce you to nine French knitwear designers, visit eight Parisian LYSes, and share our favorite bits of the City of Light.

Want to know where to find the Paris that the locals know and love? I Knit Paris shares shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, museums, and more. And if you can’t make it to the City of Light, we include lists of our favorite books, movies, TV shows, and songs, so you can bring Paris home.

Designers include

• Christelle Bagéa/Tricot et Stitch
• Enrico Castronovo/Les Tricoteurs Volants
• Marion Crivelli
• Julie Dubreux/Julie Knits In Paris
• Chloé Fourtune-Ravard/Tisserin Coquet
• Lucile Francomme/Lucile Ateliers Designs
• Marie-Amélie/Marie Amélie Designs
• Sara Maternini/La Cave à Laine
• Sylvie Polo/Polo & Co.

Plus visit eight Parisian yarn shops with Kathleen Dames/kathleen dames knitwear design and Alice O’Reilly/Backyard Fiberworks.

Featured yarns include La Bien Aimée, De Rerum Natura, La Fée Fil, Maison Corlène, Les Petits Points Parisiens, Polo & Co., Tôt Le Matin, (Vi)laines, and Yarn by Simone.

Shot on location in Paris by French photographer Clara Ferrand. Illustrations by Laurel Johnson, Mountain Laurel Artwork.

Join One More Row Press on our Knit Like A Local™ adventure in Paris.