A swirl of clouds, so soft, so light,

These pretty socks are named after Kya Clark, the beautiful, brave and resourceful protagonist in one of my favourite books, Where the Crawdads Sing.

The Silver Fern Socks were inspired by the name of the yarn I used to knit my sample. The yarn name evoked a vision of the pretty fronds of fern leaves, and these have been emulated in the special stitches used within the pattern.

The inspiration for this pattern came from my love of the early morning frost on a Winter’s morning; frost crunching underfoot and leaves glistening in the light of the sun hanging low in the Winter sky.

The Ada Socks are my very first sock design, and were inspired by my paternal grandmother, Ada, who taught me to knit when I was young.