What Color Is This?

What color do you think these socks are? I call this color mauve but Elann calls it violet heather. I don't see it as violet at all. I always thought mauve was a grayish-reddish-purple but according to dictionary.com it is a light blue-purple. Wikipedia agrees and says mauve is a pale lavender/lilac color. That sounds like periwinkle to me. To add to my confusion, this True Value paint color page has a sample of royal mauve and the sample is the color I thought was mauve.



Anyway, here is the pattern for the few of you who also love to knit thick socks that only take a couple of days. I am knitting another pair in a Pepto Bismol pink of Cascade 220 using size 6 dpns to fit my narrow feet.

EASY SCRUNCHIE SOCKS

Size: Women's Medium (To change size, go up or down a needle size)

Materials:
Size 6 (US) dpns - set of 4
2 skeins Elann's Peruvian Highland Wool worsted weight wool yarn color 0741 - violet heather, 50 g/109 yds.
(NOTE: For my size 9 feet I barely had 4 yards of yarn left so buy 3 skeins or make the cuff shorter if you don't want to live dangerously.)

Gauge: 4 1/2 sts per inch

Tapestry Needle for Weaving in Ends

CO 42 sts. Join, being careful not to twist.

Rolled Cuff: K 2 rows.

Slouch Pattern:

K 6 rows.
P 3 rows.

Repeat these 9 rows 4 times or until desired length to heel. K 1 row, decreasing 2 sts evenly across row - 40 sts.

Heel:

K 10, turn work and purl across 20 sts.
Rearrange remaining sts on 2 dpns to work later for instep.

Work back and forth on heel sts as follows:
Row 1: (RS) Slip 1, K1; rep from * across row.
Row 2: (WS) Slip 1, K1; rep from * across row.
Rep rows 1 and 2 until 20 rows have been worked.

Turn Heel:
Row 1: (RS) K across 12 sts, SSK, K1, turn work.
Row 2: (WS) Slip 1, P5, P2TOG, P1, turn
Row 3: Slip 1, K to 1 st before gap, SSK, K1, turn
Row 4: Slip 1, P to 1 st before gap, P2TOG, P1, turn
Continue Rows 3 and 4 until all heel sts have been worked, ending with a WS row.

Heel Gusset:
K across all heel sts and with same dpn pick up and knit 10 sts along side of heel for needle 1. K across instep sts for needle 2 and with needle 3 pick up and knit 10 sts along other side of heel and knit across 6 of the heel sts for needle 3. Round begins at center of heel.

Row 1: K to last 3 sts on needle , K2TOG, K1, K across instep sts on needle 2, at beginning of needle 3 K1, SSK, K to end - 2 gusset sts decreased.
Row 2: Knit
Repeat Rows and 2 until there are 10 sts on needles 1 and 3 - 40 sts total.

K for 4 1/2 inches or until desired length to toes.

Toe:
Row 1: On needle 1, K to last 3 sts, K2TOG,K1, on needle 2, K1, SSK, K to last 3 sts, K2TOG, K1, on needle 3, K1, SSK, K to end - 4 sts decreased.
Row 2: K
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 20 sts remain.

Repeat row 1 only until 8 sts remain.
Knit sts from needle 1 onto needle 3. Kitchener sts remaining sts together.
Weave in ends.

Make a second sock.



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