Báihuā by Natalia Vasilieva

Báihuā

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Knitting
May 2026
Light Fingering ?
17 stitches and 25 rows = 2 inches
in Stockinette stitch in 2-color stripes
US 1 - 2.25 mm
2.25 mm (B)
367 - 459 yards (336 - 420 m)
Sock length: 9 in. (23.5 cm); sock circumference: 6.5 in. (17 cm)
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

These socks served as Round 5 of Sock Madness 20 competition.

And as Maliase said, I “found a way to use a line of bobbles in a way that doesn’t make one think of clowns”

Techniques used:

  • Invisible circular beginning (any circular cast-on will do)
  • Tricorner trick
  • slip-stitch knitting in 2 colors
  • cabling
  • dip stitch (explained in charts)
  • lifted increases (explained in pattern)
  • symmetrical single increase (explained in pattern)
  • crochet bobbles (explained in charts)
  • twisted stitches
  • spiral toe
  • forethought heel
  • grafting
  • Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-off

白花 means “white flower” in Chinese.