Bitches by Tabetha Hedrick

Bitches

Knitting
November 2013
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in Stranded Stockinette Stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
860 yards (786 m)
Women’s M (L, XL)
English

Please note that the book and individual patterns under Tabetha’s name are no longer in print or available at this time.

“So you’re the bitch that told the bitch that I’m a bitch. Well, listen bitch, it takes a bitch to know a bitch, bitch.” — It’s not entirely clear who said this first, but I just say we own it. The phrase is emblazoned repeatedly down the front leg and foot and surrounded with diagonal stripes.

Required Skills
Knitting in the round, knitting with dpns, decreases, increases,
knowledge of basic sock construction, picking up stitches, Kitchener stitch (grafting), working fair-isle from chart.

Finished Measurements
Foot circumference: 8 (8½, 9)“/20.5 (21.5, 23)cm
Foot length: Adjustable to fit
Leg length: 7½”/19cm, or adjustable to fit

Materials
Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock (80% superwash merino wool, 20% nylon; 430yds/393m per 100g skein)
»» MC: Blackberry; 1 skein
»» CC: Sherbet; 1 skein

US 1½/2.5mm needles for working in the round: dpns, 1 long circular
or 2 short circulars, or size needed to obtain gauge
Stitch markers, yarn needle

Gauge
32 sts and 40 rnds = 4”/10 cm in St st
36 sts and 40 rnds = 4”/10 cm in stranded St st