The Frog Lilies Socks features a frilly picot edge at the cuff and a frog pond done in stranded colorwork around the leg. These grumpy frogs’ blushing cheeks and whites of their eyes are added afterwards with duplicate stitch. An afterthought heel is set-up to be worked later, polka-dots representing lily pads are carried through the foot, and a row of lilies are knitted before the toe.

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Yarn
Four skeins of Lattes & Llamas Vacation Yarn (100 grams/ 463 yards) or a comparable fingering weight yarn in four contrasting colorways.

Sample is shown in ‘Archdruid’ as Color A, ‘Baskerville’ as Color B, ‘My Warlock Girlfriend’ as Color C, and ‘Stars Hollow’ as Color D.

Color A: 26 (29, 32) g – 120 (134, 148) yds / 110 (123, 135) m
Color B: 6 (7, 8) g – 28 (33, 37) yds / 25 (30, 34) m
Color C: 16 (18, 20) g – 74 (83, 93) yds / 68 (76, 85) m
Color D: 35 (39, 43) g – 162 (181, 199) yds / 148 (165, 182) m

When choosing your yarn, make sure Color A contrasts strongly with Color D while Color B contrasts strongly with Color C. I recommend taking a photograph of the yarns together, and then changing it into black and white to see if the colors contrast strongly enough.

Needles
US 1.5 / 2.5 mm 40” circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge for the cuff, heel, foot, and toe of the sock.

US2 / 2.75 mm 40” circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge for the colorwork around the leg and before the toe of the sock.

40” circular needles are used to work in magic loop, which is my preferred method of knitting socks. However, they can be worked on DPNs or 2 circular needles if preferred.

Gauge
32 sts and 40 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in stranded colorwork, knit in the round with US 2 / 2.75 mm needles and blocked.

Sizing
Size 1 (2, 3) has an 8 (9, 10)” / 20 (22.75, 25.5) cm foot circumference, unstretched.

Leg Length from Cuff to Start of Heel: 6” / 15 cm

Foot Length: Adjustable