Sunrise Chevron by Carol J. Sulcoski

I’ll freely confess my fascination with self-striping yarns, whether ones with sharp color changes or where the colors softly meld into each other.  The development of “sock flats” – machine-knit tubes or rectangles that can more easily be dyed in striped patterns – inspired me to play with ideas for patterns that make the most of self-stripers.  Chevron-style stitches are one obvious choice, and this pattern uses one, along with rows of eyelets, to create vertical lines that contrast with the horizontal color changes of this handdyed, color-melding yarn.  Although I haven’t yet had time to test my theory, I suspect this design would work well with all sorts of yarns: machine-dyed stripers like the Regia Kaffe Fassett series, Trekking XXL’s softly-changing colors, even a non-striping handpaint of the “muted multi” variety.

Sizes

Woman’s Small (Medium, Large)
Finished circumference:  5 (6, 7) inches unstretched, approximately 6 (8, 10) inches when stretched.
Sample socks shown in size Medium.

Yarn

Black Bunny Fibers Sock Flat (75% superwash merino/25% nylon; 450 yards [411 meters]/100g flat): Tequila Sunrise, 1 flat.

Needles

US #3 (3 mm), or size needed to get gauge: two 24” circular
US #2 (2.75 mm), or one size smaller than above:  two 24” circular

Gauge

Small:  One repeat of Chevron Stitch (10 sts) = approx. .75 inch unstretched; 8 sts = 1 inch over St st
Medium:  One repeat of Chevron Stitch (10 sts) = approx. 1 inch unstretched; 7 sts = 1 inch over St st
Large:  One repeat of Chevron Stitch (10 sts) = approx. 1.25 inch unstretched; 6 sts = 1 inch over St st

Notions

Tapestry needle