Dots and Dashes Socks by Aimee Sher

Dots and Dashes Socks

Knitting
September 2021
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 38 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette St knit in the round
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
350 - 445 yards (320 - 407 m)
A (B, C, D) with finished foot circumferences of 7 (7.5, 8.5, 9)” / 18 (19, 21.5, 23) cm
English
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Peek-a-boo stockinette foldover cuffs contrast with the bold and graphic bobble “dots.” The bobbles lead to bright colorwork that cascades down the foot of the sock in a soothing, rhythmic knit. Before you know it, the colorwork has become gentle and delicate, thin dashes that end in smaller colorwork dots. This sock celebrates the graphic boldness coexisting with the gentleness within all of us, and it’s sure to be the coziest sock to knit and wear by the fire in the long evenings as autumn turns to winter…

Sizes
A (B, C, D) with finished foot circumferences 7 (7.5, 8.5, 9)” / 18 (19, 21.5, 23) cm.

Finished Leg and Foot Length
5.5 (7, 8, 9)” / 14 (18 , 20.5, 23) cm leg length, adjustable. Foot length adjustable.

Gauge
30 stitches and 39 rounds = 4x4” / 10x10 cm, stockinette stitch in the round, before blocking
28 stitches and 38 rounds = 4x4” / 10x10 cm, stockinette stitch in the round, after blocking
30 stitches and 25 rounds = 4” around and 3.25” long in completed colorwork st pattern, before blocking
28 stitches and 25 rounds = 4” around and 3.5” long in completed colorwork st pattern, after blocking

Yarn + Yardage
Sunday Fibre Co.’s Barefoot Sock Set with 2 minis (115g / 429 yds / 389 for MC, and 20g / 74 yds / 68 m each for CC1 and CC2)
OR fingering weight yarn in the following quantities:

MC: 220-300 yds / 200-275m; CC1: 74 yds / 68 m; CC2: 74 yds / 68 m.

Sample shown in Size A in colorways Rosewood, Cirrus (CC1), and Loch (CC2)

Notions
Waste yarn, 2 stitch markers, one unique marker for the BOR, tapestry needle.

Suggested Needles
Needle A (Main Fabric):
• One Size US1.5 / 2.5 mm or size to obtain gauge, in preferred method for knitting in the round for small circumference, (ie. small circulars, DPN’s, or magic loop)
• One set of spare needles in addition to the first needle above in the same size or smaller.

Needle B (Colorwork)
• One Size US3 / 3.25 mm or size to obtain gauge on colorwork, in preferred method for knitting in the round for small circumference.