Welcome to the second pattern of Year of Meditations! This design is for Ostara, which is March 21. Beginning the socks at Imbolc should allow enough time to complete your project and have the chance to wear your socks while celebrating balance on Ostara. Included is a mini-magazine with a recipe, information about bears, and a meditation. May it bring you a feeling of stability and groundedness.

This is a wonderfully simple design of cables that have enough repetition to be meditative while still keeping your interest to the end. The design represents the the shambling path of a bear. It would look great with tonal, gradient and handspun.

You’ll need a skein of yarn (between 275-400 yards, depending on the length you make) and your favorite needles. You also might like to have handy your favorite mug of coffee or tea, a bouquet of flowers, or even a happy song list playing in the background.

Yarn

You’ll need a skein of sock yarn (between 275-375 yards, depending on the length you make) and your favorite sock needles (I prefer using the “Magic Loop” method of knitting socks). This pattern will work well with any gradient, solid, or semisolid colors.

Notions

Needles used in sample: US 1 (2.25 mm)
Tapestry needle (to weave in ends)

Files include:

Reflections: a mini-mag with a recipe, meditation, short story, and a little information about bears.
Ostara Meditation Socks pattern: the full pattern with fun pictures and layout.
Low vision: this file has no images, 22pt or higher Open Sans font, black text, no italics. The pattern is written out. Please let me know if you experience any issues and I’ll fix it as soon as I can.

May your blessings grow brighter as the days grow longer.