Last week we told you all about the yarn, so this week we though we'd show you some fab patterns that would work beautifully in CoopKnits Socks Yeah!
(To see any of these patterns in more detail, just click on the picture to be taken to the Ravelry page.)
With our yarn of the month being Socks Yeah! it's only right to start our first pattern focus with a variety of socks! (For all these sock patterns you'd need two skeins of Socks Yeah to make all but the largest adult sizes.)
....And what better place to start than with one of Rachel's own patterns, Hulanicki from the latest issue of Pompom magazine:
Hulanicki by Rachel Coopey from Pom Pom Magazine issue 15 Winter 2015
Designed especially to suit Socks Yeah, Rachel's socks feature columns of single twisted stitches which take advantage of the excellent stitch definition of this yarn.
Next is another of out favourite new patterns from Rachel, Alfrick:
Alfrick Socks by Rachel Coopey from Ravelry
If you love stranded colour work, these cute socks are just the ticket, combining fun small scale fair isle patterning with knit and purl textured stitches. And being fraternal socks, you'd only need a skein of each colour!
We also love Rachel's Brighton socks from her first book, CoopKnits Socks Volume One:
Brighton Socks By Rachel Coopey from CoopKnits Socks Volume One
Another cute pair of colour work socks, these would be perfect in #105/Danburite with #104/Sphene and #107/Beryl as the accent colours (you'd need two skeins of the main colour and one each of the contrasts). We love the flag inspired fair isle!
But what if you're not really a sock knitter?
How about this cute shawl, Nurmilintu by Heidi Alander?
Nurmilintu by Heidi Alander from Ravelry (photo used with kind permission)
This pretty shawl combines garter stitch with lace and this combination of garter stitch and lace would work perfectly in Socks Yeah. You'd need two skeins to knit this and we think it could look gorgeous in a strong colour like #104/Sphene or more subdued shade like #106/Kunzite.
Or how about some mittens, like these gorgeous Snow flurry mittens by Deepika:
Snow flurry mittens by Deepika from Ravelry (photo used with kind permission)
These would look amazing in #106 Chryso and #109/Iolite, and with the Nylon content of Socks Yeah your finished mittens would see you through plenty of winters!
We've been chatting to Rachel and there are lots of new designs for Socks Yeah! in the pipeline too, so watch this space :)
Happy Knitting!