DIAMOND BEADED LACE SOCKS to KNIT in FINGERING WT YARN by HEARTSTRINGS

THIS IS A BRAND NEW PATTERN LEAFLET FROM THE JACKIE E-S DESIGN COLLECTIONS HEARTSTRINGS FIBERARTS CALLED TWO WAYS ABOUT IT BEADED SOCKS, DESIGNED BY JACKIE ERICKSON-SCHWEITZER.

BEJEWEL YOUR FEET IN THESE LOVELY BEADED LACE SOCKS.  THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO INCORPORATE BEADS WHILE KNITTING.  THESE SOCKS USE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS; THUS, THEY ARE A GOOD WAY TO EXPERIENCE THE 2 METHODS SIDE-BY-SIDE IN THE SAME DESIGN AND LEARN THE MERITS OF EACH.

THE LACE PATTERN ON THE LEG OF THE SOCK HAS A LOT OF GIVE, SO IT CONFORMS NICELY TO THE SHAPELIEST OF LEGS.  SLIMMING COLUMNS OF BEADS FRAME THE SILHOUETTE OF THE LACE DIAMONDS ON THE FONT OF THE LEG, WHILE THE COLUMN OF BEADS AT THE CENTER BACK SIMULATES THE LOOK OF A HIGH-FASHION SEAMED STOCKING. 

1-1 RIBBING TRANSITIONS FROM CUFF INTO THE BEADED LACE PATTERN, THEN IS RE-INTRODUCED AS THE ANKLE APPROACHES AND CONTINUES DOWN THE TOP OF THE FOOT AS IT TAKES OVER THE INSTEP STS WHERE THE LACE DIAMOND MOTIF ENDS.  THESE SOCKS NOT ONLY ARE A PLEASURE TO LOOK AT, BUT THEY WILL ALSO WEAR WELL WITH THEIR REINFORCED SLIP-STITCH HEELS AND TOES.

ALTHOUGH THE KNITTING IS NOT TERRIBLY DIFFICULT, THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS SOMETHING INTERESTING GOING ON.  SO PLAN TO FOCUS SOME ATTENTION WHILE KNITTING THESE AND ENJOY THE PROCESS!

SIZING:  ADULT SMALL, (MEDIUM AND LARGE).

YARN NEEDED – FINGERING WEIGHT SOCK YARN, APPROXIMATELY 300 (350, 425 YDS).

GAUGE-  34 (32, 30) STITCHES PER INCH OVER BEADED LACE STITCH PATTERN.

KNITTING NEEDLES  NEEDED- SIZE 0 (1, 2).  YOUR CHOICE OF DPNS OR CIRCS.

GLASS SEED BEADS NEEDED – 280 SIZE 8/0 AND 96 SIZE 6/0.

OTHER NOTIONS – CROCHET HOOK THAT IS SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT INSIDE THE SIZE 6/0 BEADS, BEAD STRINGING NEEDLE, MARKERS, TAPESTRY NEEDLE FOR FINISHING ENDS.

SKILL LEVEL:  INTERMEDIATE KNITTER.

STITCH INSTRUCTIONS:  CHARTED AND WRITTEN.

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES USED & DESCRIBED – PLACING A BEAD WITH A CROCHET HOOK; PLACING A PRE=STRUNG BEAD IN FRONT OF A SLIPPED STITCH; LEFT-LEANING DOUBLE DECREASE; MIRRORED RIGHT-LEANING DOUBLE DECREASE.

OVERALL ~ A GREAT KNITTING EXPERIENCE AND SOCK DESIGN!!!

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