Gnar

It all started with a desire to create a colorwork sweater and translating cables into a colorwork but I simply couldn’t stop there!!! It needed to have sister patterns too! And Gnar was created with complementary colorwork with some of the same twists and turns of Echor and the Echor Collection.

Finished Sock Circumference

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4) 

18.5 (20, 21.5, 22.5)” /47 (51, 54.5, 57) cm

Gauge (blocked) 

24 sts x 32 rows = 4”/10 cm square in Stockinette Stitch in the round

Yarn

Fingering weight yarn; MC: 275 yds/252 m; CC: 55 yds/50 m 

Sample used: Lolodidit, USA Sock; 430 yds/393 m; 4 oz/110 g; MC 1 hank in Words; CC 1 hank in Yeti

Needles

US2/2.75 mm and US4/3.5 mm - 16”/40 cm circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge 

US4/3.5 mm - 32”/80 cm circular needle or DPNs for crown, or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions

4 (4, 4, 4, 5) stitch markers, plus 1 unique marker to mark Beginning of Round 

Tapestry needle, scissors, scrap yarn or stitch holders for sleeves, blocking tools.

Skills Required

Basic knitting skills 

Knitting in the round 

Decreasing 

Reading Colorwork chart