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I had a vision in my head of how I wanted these socks to be, but I wasn’t sure how to achieve it. I knew it would be a combination of cables and smocks. I just didn’t know how much there would be of either one. As it turns out, it is mostly cables, with just a hint of smocked stitches.

With each iteration, I learned something new that I wanted from the pattern. And, as usual, just when I think that I am getting close to how I want the pattern to look, I decide to put just a slight twist (literally this time, with the twist in the center of the design) on it.

In the end, the design did not exactly end up achieving the picture in my head, but instead it surpassed it. Designing can often be fluid in that way. You set out to create something one way, but along the way you find improvements, so it turns out even better than your original idea.

Sizes: Small (Medium, Large) to fit 7-7.5 (8-8.5, 9-9.5)” or about 18-19 (20-22, 23-24) cm circumferences

Yarn:
100g (437 yds / 400 m) fingering weight yarn

Needles: US size 1 (2.25mm)

Notions: DPN in same size as needles, stitch markers, tapestry needle

Gauge: 32 stitches and 46 rows to 4” (10cm) worked in stockinette stitch in the round.