Shetland Socks
by Nancy Bush
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Shetland Socks
by Nancy Bush
Summary Top-down, fold-down cuff, fair-isle, four double-pointed needles.
Additional Yarn Information
- 2 skeins #1295 Dark Green
- 1 skein #1293 Medium Green
- 1 skein #FC24 Light Green
- 1 skein #FC44 Dark Rust
- 1 skein #122 Medium Rust
- 1 skein #32 Light Rust
Chart Included Fair Isle pattern.
From Nancy Bush’s Pattern Introduction These Fair Isle patterned socks are worked in the colors of the land that inspired them: heather, moss, and peaty earth. The top is, in a way, a tiny Fair Isle sampler…. There is a Band Heel with no gussets. A Round Toe shaping finishes off the foot.
Publication Date December 1994
About this yarn
by Jamieson & Smith
Fingering
100% Shetland
115 yards
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