Library Socks

This is the FOURTH pattern in a year-long journey of knitted sock patterns, twelve in all, a new one each month throughout 2018. The patterns are inspired by streets, homes, and places of interest from my little town in Southeastern Connecticut.

Built in 1900, the Stonington Free Library stands in Wadawanuck Square, the heartbeat of Stonington Borough. The large village green serves the community throughout the year with garden club tours, a summer fair, a Christmas-tree lighting and much more.

These socks are knit top down with a wrap and turn short row heel design and written for size small with (medium, large) in parantheses. The cuff uses an aqua yarn, reminiscent of the Library's verdigris copper roof, and features lacy bobbles representing the shell motif along the roofline. Graphite-colored yarn is used intermittently among a solid parchment or gray leg and foot in a simple but effective staggered, interrupted ribbing, mimicking pages of books on a shelf.

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