Palazzo Pisani

This sock pattern is part of my ‘Palaces of the Grand Canal’ collection. It is inspired by the beautiful Palazzo Pisani, an 18th Century majestic building that stands facing the Grand Canal. It is decorated with beautiful baroque stoneworks. The interior finds paintings and frescoes from the major Venetian artists such as Tiepolo. The characteristic colorwork of this pattern is created with a combination of stranded colorwork and mosaic knitting which gives both colour accents and texture. The heel, is a reconstruction from a traditional heel flap and gusset, present in old Venetian hand-knitted stockings.