The fourth design in the “British Inventors and Scientists” collection is a tribute to Ada Lovelace (1815-1852). Mathematician and writer, she is regarded as the first “computer programmer” .

These socks have a twist: each sock is the result of the coding of a date. You may knit identical socks by using the same date for each sock. Or you may knit fraternal socks, with each sock embedding a different date.

Depending on which quarter the chosen date falls into, the sock features a different lace pattern. The other details (which month in that quarter, the day, the year) are coded with texture.

And I remain with this question: was Ada Lovelace a knitter?

ERRATUM

There is a mistake in the written instructions for Chart A.
Chart A - Line 3 should read: P1, k2tog, yo, k1, p1.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Sizing
To fit foot circumference (measured around ball of foot):
X-Small ― 18 cm (7 in),
Small ― 20 cm (8 in),
Medium ― 23 cm (9 in),
Large ― 25.5 cm(10 in)]

Yarn requirement
Blue Moon Hand-Dyed Indigo sock yarn by The Border Tart (1 x 100g, 400 m / 437 yds)

Needles and Notions

• 2.25 mm (US 1) needles (circ. or DPNs) - Or size required to achieve gauge.
• Spare needles (same size or one size smaller)
• Cable needle
• Darning needle
• Stitch markers
• Waste yarn and crochet hook

Gauge
36 sts and 52 rows / 10cm (4 in) measured over stockinette in the round.

12-Page Pattern includes:
Detailed charts for all patterned sections, for any option selected.
Complete written instructions (including written directions for all Charts)