Summer Lacies by Nailya Plaskey

Summer Lacies

Knitting
November 2024
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
8 stitches and 12 rows = 1 inch
in stockinette
US 1 - 2.25 mm
240 - 290 yards (219 - 265 m)
Small: foot circumference about 7" (17.5cm), Large: foot circumference about 8" (20 cm)
English
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If your summer calls for socks, make them short and airy! Openwork hearts in this stitch pattern need some purling, but the results are worth it. Eye-of-partridge heel and picot cuffs complement the lace pattern.

Skill level: advanced beginner to intermediate; need to know Judy’s Magic Cast On, magic loop, wrapping stitches, knitting wrapped stitches.
Finished dimensions: Small: foot circumference about 7” (17.5cm), Large: foot circumference about 8” (20 cm)
Suggested Yarn: sock weight yarn, about 1.75 oz (50 g) or 232 yd (213 m) for Small size, 2 oz (60g) or 280 yd (260 m) for Large size. Hue Loco Merino Sock in Sunray colorway was used in the sample.
Needles: size 1 (2.25 mm) circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge. You may also use dpns, distributing each half of the sts on 2 dpns (2 dpns for instep side, and 2 dpns for sole side)
Gauge: 8 st and 12 rows = 1” (2.5 cm) in stockinette