Northern Lights by Alice Hughes

Northern Lights

Knitting
December 2025
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 11 rows = 4 inches
US 1 - 2.25 mm
350 - 400 yards (320 - 366 m)
Medium, Large
English
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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