Evighet

DESCRIPTION

Evighet are a pair of fingering-weight toe-up socks with a delicate and timeless stitch pattern that resembles long-forgotten pressed flowers I found between the pages of an old diary. Although faded and wilted, seeing the flowers transported me back in time to the very day I picked them.

A stockinette toe gradually transforms into a stitch pattern with tiny buds surrounded by wavy twisted stitch columns. The heel flap is worked in a variation of twisted ribbing, morphing seamlessly into the main stitch pattern and flowing beautifully into a short twisted-rib cuff.

Evighet socks come in three sizes: 62, 66, and 70 stitches. Right and left socks are identical and can be knit two at a time.

Both written and charted instructions are given for the stitch pattern. The pattern is written with both metric and US terminology.

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SIZES

• S [M, L]
• 62 [66, 70] sts
• To fit shoe size approx. EU 37/38 [39/40, 41/42] / US 6–6½ [7–8, 8½–9½]

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

• Foot circumference: approx. 19 [21, 22] cm / 7¾ [8, 8½]"
• Foot length: approx. 22 [23, 24] cm / 8¾ [9, 9¼]" or adjustable within pattern
• Leg length from top of heel flap: approx. 15 [18, 21] cm / 6 [7¼, 8¼]" or adjustable within pattern

Choose a size with approx. 10% of negative ease.

MATERIALS

Yarn

• Lanitium Ex Machina Basic Sock (75% wool, 25% nylon, 420 m/100 g, 459 yd/3.53 oz), 1 skein in the colorway Swan Lake.
• Or Lang Yarns Jawoll (75% wool, 25% nylon,
210 m/50 g, 229 yd/1.76 oz), 2 skeins in the colorway 83.0116
• Or approx. 320 [370, 420] m / 340 [400, 460] yd of fingering-weight sock yarn

Needles

• 2.5 mm / US #1½ double-pointed or circular needle(s) for working small circumferences in the round (or size needed to obtain gauge)

Notions

• Cable needle (optional)
• Darning needle

GAUGE

32 sts × 40 rnds = 10 cm / 4" in stockinette, blocked

TECHNIQUES USED

The pattern uses the following techniques: working small circumferences in the round, twisted stitches, lace, and German short rows. Ability to follow charts is recommended but written instructions are also provided for the stitch pattern. The pattern assumes knowledge of a cast-on and bind-off method for toe-up socks; references are given for a few alternatives.

REFERENCES

• 5 Ways to Cast on Toe-up Socks
• German Short Rows
• Comparison of 20 Stretchy Bind-off Methods