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Water lily socks
Designer Norah Lang / Fox & Folks [IG, Ravelry].
Socks’s page on Rav.
Size: M.
Yarn: Alize Superwash. Light fingering. 75% / 25% wool / nylon, 420 m (459 yards) / 100 g. Color 1 white.
Needles: 22.5 mm / US 1.
Gauge: 32 sts & 42 rounds = 10 cm / 4 in in stockinette in the round.
Yardage: 366 m / 400 yards.
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Size M for EU39 shoe size.
20 lace repeats for leg before heel. 18 lace repeats for gusset & foot before toe.
Leg length - 24 cm / 9.4 in (incl. heel flap); Foot length - 24 cm / 9.4 in; Leg width - 18 cm / 7 in; Foot width - 19 cm / 7.4 in.
Water lily socks
Designer Norah Lang / Fox & Folks [IG, Ravelry].
Socks’s page on Rav.
Size: M.
Yarn: Alize Superwash. Light fingering. 75% / 25% wool / nylon, 420 m (459 yards) / 100 g. Color 1 white.
Needles: 22.5 mm / US 1.
Gauge: 32 sts & 42 rounds = 10 cm / 4 in in stockinette in the round.
Yardage: 366 m / 400 yards.
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Size M for EU39 shoe size.
20 lace repeats for leg before heel. 18 lace repeats for gusset & foot before toe.
Leg length - 24 cm / 9.4 in (incl. heel flap); Foot length - 24 cm / 9.4 in; Leg width - 18 cm / 7 in; Foot width - 19 cm / 7.4 in.
Cactus mittens
Pretty simple fingerless mittens with thumb gusset worked in seed stitch pattern.
Under the cut there are instructions how to knit similar mittens. The instructions are written by me, and hadn't been checked for mistakes and typos.
Mittens page on Ravelry.
To fit a middle size hand ~18 cm.
Finished measurements: Width 8.5 cm / 3.3 in; Length 16 cm / 6.3 in.
Needles: 2.75 mm / US 2;
Yarn: Knoll Lambswool, 100% merino, 420 m (459 yards) / 100 g
Gauge: 26 stitches and 36 rows = 10 cm / 4″ in Stockinette stitch in the round.
CO 46 sts using Tubular CO method, join knitting in the round, pm for BOR. Work in 1x1 ribbing for 3 cm / 1 in. Work in stockinette stitch for 1.5 cm / 0.5 in.
Thumb gusset shaping (in seed stitch). round 1: k1, m1l, pm, k to BOR; round 2: k1, p1, slm, k to BOR; round 3: k1, m1l, k1, m1r, slm, k to BOR; round 4: k1, k1, p1, k1, slm, k to BOR; round 5: k1, m1l, WIP to m, m1r, slm, k to BOR; round 6: k1, WIP to m, slm, k to BOR.
Repeat rounds 5 & 6 until there are 27 sts for thumb (28 sts between BOR and m).
Next round: k1, put the following 27 sts on scrap yarn or holder, remove m, m1, continue working in the round. 47 sts on needles, 27 sts on hold.
Work in stockinette stitch for 2 more rounds. Next round: k1, ssk, k to BOR. Continue working in stockinette stitch for another 2.5 cm / 1 in.
Work in 1x1 ribbing for 3 cm / 1 in. BO all sts using tubular BO method.
Thumb Put sts from holder onto needles. Starting in the “gap” (where we made m1), pick up and knit 2 sts, WIP all thumb gusset sts, pick up and knit 2 sts, place m for BOR. 31 sts. With these 4 extra sts there won’t be any holes.
Round 1: k2, WIP to 2 sts before BOR, k2tog; Round 2: ssk, WIP to BOR; Round 3: WIP to 2 sts before BOR, k2tog; Round 4: ssk, WIP to BOR; Round 5: WIP to 2 sts before BOR, k2tog; 22 sts in total.
Work in 1x1 rib pattern for 3 rounds. BO all sts using tubular BO method.
Weave all the ends, wash and block.
Abbreviations: BOR - beginning of the round; m - marker; WIP - work in the pattern; k2tog - knit 2 sts together; ssl - slip slip knit; m1 - make 1 st using backloop method; m1l - make 1 left leaning; m1r - make 1 right leaning; pm - place marker.
WIP for seed sts: knit purl sts and purl knit sts.