My daughter inspired me to create this slipped stitch sock that resembles a strand of DNA…

PATTERN DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Advanced Intermediate; skills required include: slip stitch colorwork, cabling slipped stitches, picking up stitches, short-row shaping, decreases and increases

SIZES: 60 (72, 84) sts: Adult S (M, L): to fit 7.25 (8.25, 9.5)“
/18.5 (21, 24.25)cm foot circ with 1.5”/3.75cm negative ease

GAUGE: with smaller needles, blocked
36 sts & 52 rows = 4“/10cm in stockinette stitch
42 sts & 56 rows = 4“/10cm in charted pattern stitch

MATERIALS:
2-50+g skeins of sock yarn in contrasting colors
Shown above: MC: Cascade Yarns Heritage: 75% Merino wool/25% nylon-polyamide (100g/3.53oz) 437 yds/400 m, Color 5643 Sunflower: 1 skein AND CC: Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet: 90% Merino wool/ 10% nylon/polyamide (100g/3.53oz) 384 yds/351 m, Color 23 Mardi Gras: 1 skein.
U.S. 1 (2.25 mm) needles
U.S 2 (2.75 mm) needles
Cable needle
5-7 stitch markers
Darning needle

A big THANK YOU to my test knitters Edie, Suguna, Cath, Ellen, Larisa, Sabine, Jeanne, Rachel, Nicola, & Jill!

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