May: Cleopatra’s Stockings

dear sock knitters,

hej - I’d like to say hello to you all! My name is Marjan, I live in the Netherlands and I designed Cleopatra’s Stockings.

This pattern was the result of a piece of lovely ribbon, wrapped around a mannequin’s foot. I loved the way it curved around & around. I tried to follow the path that the ribbon had shown me, yes also on the foot sole…. But the effect would be even double if I only kept the pattern on the upper foot… And why not create ladders where you’d avoid them, holes where previously unwanted? Not too much though, I wanted it to be a fast knit after all and the yarn hardly needed anything, gorgeous as it is already. Wishing you lots of fun with the Cleopatra’s - Yarnissima