The Lapiline socks brings faux entrelac and patchwork magic to sock knitting. It’s patchwork stripe magic! These socks are a great intro project to this wonderful stitch pattern that is super simple and stretchy. It’s only knit stitches, yarn overs, k2tog and ssk – easy! It is a great pattern to showcase self striping yarns, sock mini skeins and sets, as well as stash busting.

Included in the pattern is a colouring page where you can colour in a sock to plan your patchwork stripes whether you choose to use 2 colours or even more for ultimate stash busting. Also included is a video tutorial for the afterthought heel placement and picking up stitches.

PATTERN NOTES

These socks are knit from the leg down to the toe. The leg and instep of the sock feature a faux entrelac stitch pattern. The sock is written for using a self-striping yarn as well as non-self-striping such as using multiple solid colours from stash.

If you are using multiple solid colours to create your own patchwork  stripes, you will change colours every 4 rounds in the pattern.

The pattern  uses an afterthought-heel method to keep the faux entrelac striping pattern continuous through the whole sock. 
The toe is worked in stockinette with decreases on each side of the foot.

SIZE

1 (2, 3)

Recommended ease: 0-1” / 0-2.5 cm of negative ease.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
A. Foot circumference: 8 (9, 10)” / 20 (22.5, 25) cm.
B. Leg length from cuff to bottom of heel (adjustable): 8.5 (8.5, 8.75)” / 21.5 (22, 22.5) cm.

YARN

Laurelknits SuperSock set (85% Superwash Merino, 15% Nylon, 5 x 20g for total 437 yds / 400 m – 100 g).
Dark Little Olive (green)
Smoky Copper (orange)
Dark Ocean Haze (turquoise)
Pebble (grey)
Dark Nord (navy)

Eldur Yarns BFL Sock (75% Superwash Bluefaced Leicester wool, 25% Nylon, 456 yds / 425 m – 100 g).
MC 4ply: 1 skein of Arkkikivi.
 
4ply fingering weight in the following amounts
345 (403, 460) yds / 316 (368, 421) m

If using multiple solid colours, make sure the total yardage / meterage of your yarn is equal to the total amount used in the pattern. Divide the total yardage / meterage by the number of colours you want to use for each colour needed.

NEEDLES

• US 1 / 2.25 mm – flexi needles or 32” / 80 cm circular needle

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