Northern Lights
by Alice Hughes
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© Alice Hughes

© Alice Hughes
Northern Lights
by Alice Hughes
Northern Lights is a top-down sock featuring cables and texture bands which will show off solid or tonal yarns to advantage.
Instructions are written for magic loop. This sock includes a short row heel and a Kitchener stitch toe.
Pattern Stitches:
Right Cross (RC)
Cable 6 Forward (C6F)
Knit 2 Together (K2Tog)
Slip Slip Knit (SSK)
Sizes
Adult (M, L)
Yarn
Sample Pictured Uses: Knit Picks Stroll Fingering Weight, 231 yards / 50 grams, 75% Fine Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Nylon, 2 Skeins 80 grams used to make sample in size Large, approximately 370 yards in Colorways “Pucker” and “Keylime Heather”
Gauge
32 stitches = 4”
Needles
US 1 (2.25MM) or size needed to get gauge
Notions
Tapestry Needle
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by Knit Picks
Fingering
75% Merino, 25% Nylon
231 yards
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50
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