Color Loops is a technique for knitting in the intarsia style of vertical stranded knitting. Color Loops explores this type of knitting and makes it easier with the vertical strands hanging as loops. Each leg of the loop ends with one or two final stitches at the end, leaving no yarn ends to weave in. The loops rarely tangle, and do not require any sort of bobbin to manage the yarn.

The Perfect Sock is a variation of vanilla sock pattern developed over about a year of lots of sock knitting. The tutorial is very detailed and uses lots of words and pictures to describe the process of knitting socks. Perhaps the only unique approach to the sock pattern is that the pre-heel is knit in the S1, K1 slipped stitch manner for an inch in order to “snug up” the ankle, so there’s no bagginess. The foot is also recommended to have a decrease in total stitches for negative ease and a perfect fit.

The pattern of the sock uses designs from the Color Loops ebook, and those charts are not included in this PDF. Please contact Amelia Archer if assistance is needed in knitting these designs, or if you have any questions about Color Loops or the Perfect Sock.

Yarn for sample sock: Black Sheep Dyeworks Pewter 100% superwash merino wool, Etsy. Malabrigo, Cereza, red sock kettle-dyed pure superwash merino wool, Green Planet Yarn, San Jose, CA.