Sugar Dusted Socks
A pretty confection of texture, lace, and color, the Sugar Dusted Socks feature columns of lace on the outer leg and foot, surrounded by clusters of purl stitches. Worked top down in two colors of fingering weight sock yarn, they're easy yet engaging to knit. Have fun choosing colors to make your Sugar Dusted socks unique!
Size: Women’s medium. For a larger size, use sportweight yarn and larger needles.
Finished (Blocked) Measurements: About 7.5 inches/19 cm circumference (will stretch to fit up to 9 inches/23 cm) and about 8.75 inches/22 cm foot length.
Materials:
--Main color (MC): 275 yds/250 m sock yarn
--Contrast color (CC): 115 yds/105 m sock yarn
The sample was knit with Bare Naked Wools Better Breakfast Fingering (55% merino wool, 35% alpaca, 10% nylon); 450yd/411m per 4.06oz/115g skein, colorway: Bakery Rye (MC), and The Fawn and the Fox Otter (75% superwash merino wool, 25% nylon); 463yd/423m per 3.53oz/110g skein, colorway: Let’s Stay Home (CC).
--US #1/2.25 mm set of 5 double-pointed needles OR SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN GAUGE
--Stitch marker, tapestry needle
Gauge: 16 sts/22 rnds = 2”/5 cm in stockinette stitch
Pattern instructions: The stitch patterns are provided in charts and written, row-by-row form.