Blocked Waves

Undulating waves of colour blocked lace make for eye- catching legs! But whilst these waves look mighty impressive, the lace is simple enough that this makes for a relaxing knit. Zoom zoom zoom through the vanilla foot and before you know it you’ll have a brand new pair of socks. Go for a fade, a bright rainbow or more muted tones,
the choice is all yours!

Sizing
Size small (large), with a 7.5 (9)” (19 (23) cm) circumference and a cast on of 60 (72) sts.Socks are

intended to be worn with 0.5 to 1" (1 to 3 cm) negative ease. The foot can be knit to any length.

Gauge
32 stitches and 44 rows is 4" (10 cm) in stockinette.

Materials

• 250 meters (273 yards) fingering weight yarn (MC1).
• 25 meters (27 yards) of fingering weight yarn for each contrasting wave (CC).
• 2.5 mm (US 1.5) double pointed or circular needles.
• Tapestry needle.

Sample
Sample was knit using Crealien Design gold sparkle sock in "Mural"(75% Superwash merino/ 20% nylon/5% gold sparkle; 100 grams/400 meters (436 yards)) as MC and 5 different miniskeins of Crealien Design gold sparkle sock as CC1-5. Sample used 43 grams of MC and between 3-4 grams of CC per wave.

Lace pattern can be knit from a chart or from written instructions.