patterns > Knitty >
Knitty, First Fall 2010
> Mad For Plaid
![](https://images4-f.ravelrycache.com/uploads/wisehilda/31776964/plaidbeauty_thumbnail.jpg)
![](https://images4-f.ravelrycache.com/uploads/wisehilda/31776964/plaidbeauty_small.jpg)
![](https://images4-f.ravelrycache.com/uploads/wisehilda/31776971/plaidback_medium.jpg)
![](https://images4-g.ravelrycache.com/uploads/wisehilda/31776986/plaidalt1_small.jpg)
![](https://images4-g.ravelrycache.com/uploads/wisehilda/31776993/plaidbig_small.jpg)
Mad For Plaid
No matter how old I get, how far away I am from my school days, the waning of summer always makes me crave new clothes. And new fall clothes, somehow, are always associated with plaids and tartans. I didn’t go to a private school, but I am a child of the 1980s, and I have a very soft spot for tartans.
This pattern is a nice gentle introduction to colorwork - after all, it’s really not much more than some horizontal stripes. The vertical stripes are worked with a single strand of the contrasting color that just rests in the back until you need it.
Being slightly perverse, I’m fond of odd-but-related socks, and have provided instructions for getting four different socks of varying degrees of matchiness from 4 skeins of yarn.
Not only do I change the positions of the colors, but I also change the positions of the vertical accent stripes. If you insist on making two the same, you can -- but where’s the fun in that?
Pattern uses one skein of each: #735 Lavender, #710 Blue Violet, #372 Tangerine, #535 Wheatgrass. Four skeins of the recommended yarn will give you four socks of varying “matchiness”.
Notions:
- Split ring marker or safety pin
- Stitch markers
- Stitch holder (optional)
- Yarn needle
977 projects
stashed
758 times
- First published: July 2010
- Page created: July 8, 2010
- Last updated: October 23, 2015 …
- visits in the last 24 hours
- visitors right now