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WIND SOCKS
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This third instalment in the Simply Stranded Summer Sock Club was inspired, quite literally, by the neon-orange wind sock which flutters majestically over a nearby rural airfield.

The concept of a wind sock was new to me until I encountered the world of recreational aviation. And immediately it triggered a childhood memory: an art class in pre-school, where the teacher assigned us to ‘draw the wind.’

Naturally, each child approached this task with individual creativity. Some drew a sort of mist wafting across the sky. Others drew the trees with branches leaning over. And I, aged around five, drew a fluttering flag.

Playful, rhythmic, and delightfully literal, the Wind Socks are an ode to all this. Knit them in two colours, three colours, or five - for an endless confetti of fluttery colour-bursts, to mark life’s serendipitous moments.

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Like all patterns in the Simply Stranded Summer Sock Club, the Wind Socks feature the following:

. instructions for knitting the socks cuff down and toe-up

. options for two types of heel construction:
peasant heel and short row heel

. colourwork charts based on a simple 4-stitch repeat that is top-down reversible, and can be worked either for the entire sock or just for the leg

. an extensive appendix with adjustment and modification options

. a short narrative about the inspiration behind the pattern

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MATERIALS & INFORMATION

Gauge
36 sts x 42 rounds = 10cm x 10cm/ 4” x 4”
in stranded colourwork


Needles

circular needles suitable for Magic Loop
(or short circulars, or double-pointed needles)

2.5mm in diameter or as needed to meet gauge

Yarn
suitable for fingering-weight sock yarn
(400-420m/ 425-450y per 100g/ 3.5oz)



Yarn Quantities Required
up to 50g of each C1 &C2

If using a heavier sock yarn (fewer m/y per 100g),
additional quantities will be needed

Notions

measuring tape, tapestry needle;
optional: sock blockers



Special Techniques

stranded colourwork, Kitchener’s stitch,

optional: Magic Loop; 

for toe-up version only: Judy’s Magic Cast-On 




Construction
cuff-down or toe up
with peasant heel or short row heel

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SIMPLY STRANDED SUMMER SOCK CLUB

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

Pattern No.1: Friday 16th May (Flowerstone Socks)
Pattern No.2: Friday 20th June (Picnic Socks)
Pattern No.3: Friday 18th July (Wind Socks)
Pattern No.4: Friday 15th August
Pattern No.5: Friday 5th September

The name and theme of each pattern is announced upon publication!

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