Highly variegated rainbow yarns are so fun to buy, but can
be intimidating to knit. Elongated stitches showcase them
perfectly—creating a long bright stitch on top of darker
ones, or the reverse, is such a delight!

Pistachio socks are knit from the cuff down, with a pattern
of elongated stitches that fans out from the center and
disappears the same way. After working the eye-of-partridge
heel flap, the stitch pattern is repeated again on the foot,
ending with a wedge toe.

The Vee stitches will grow outwards from the center of the
instep and back of leg. New repeats are offset from previous
ones by 2 stitches in either direction. Each 4-row repeat
adds one more Vee to the previous repeat. This happens
on both instep and back of the leg, until eventually the two
expanding patterns meet. Then the Vees start to disappear
from the center of the instep/back of leg out. This is
accomplished by working only half of each stitch (Vee-R
and Vee-L) in the center, expanding in either direction by
2 stitches each repeat.