A Baby's Stripe of Genius by Emma Brace

A Baby's Stripe of Genius

Knitting
December 2022
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
34 stitches and 45 rows = 4 inches
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
40 - 55 yards (37 - 50 m)
0-3 3-6 months
English
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This is NOT brioche :)

These cozy socks are knitted top down so that you can adjust the cuff and foot to desired lengths.
The ribbing is knitted with one strand of MC 4 ply yarn on the smaller (2.5mm) circular needle.
You will then switch to a larger (3.5mm) circular needle to be able to knit the colourwork pattern across all the stitches, using both MC and CC every other stitch.
For this pattern you can chose, either a self striping, or hand dyed sock yarn and pulling from the inside and outside of the same 25g cake of yarn, or for a more defined stripe using two 10g balls of contrasting colour 4ply sock yarn.

SIZES: 1 (2)
Size 1) 0 – 3 months, Length 8.6cm / 3.25 in, Circ. at widest part 4.8cm / 1.75 in.
Size 2) 3 – 6 months, Length 9.4cm / 3.5 in, Circ. at widest part 5.1cm / 2 in.

YARN:
Size 1) Jawoll sock yarn (75% Wool, 25% Nylon, 50g / 210m / 230 yards). MC Col. 1 ‘Daisy’, CC Col. 60 ‘Crimson’
Size 2) MC Jawoll sock yarn (75% Wool, 25% Nylon, 50g / 230 yards), Col. 226 ‘Bone’, CC Uncommon Thread Tough Sock (80% superwash Blue Faced Leicester wool, 20% Nylon, 100g / 365m / 400yds) Col. ‘Robin’s Egg’

NEEDLES:
2.5mm US 1 – 2 80cm / 32in circular needles or DPNs (or size to get correct gauge)
3.5mm US 4 80cm / 32in circular needles or DPNs (or one size bigger than gauge needle)
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Small fork to make pompoms

TENSION:
34 sts and 45 rows = 10cm / 4in over stockinette stitch on 2.5mm US 1 – 2 needle.

Can’t wait to see your colour combinations!