Get your bird socks!
Ready for some bird socks?
A Checklist of Birds is now available! You can get the pattern here on my website or on Ravelry, and you can get the yarn from the Gauge Dye Works website.
Curious about our inspiration? Read all about the Victoria Natural History Society’s bird checklist and how we used it to develop this project. You can also learn about Catherine’s colour development on her blog.
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Kiya is sitting on the top of a park bench with her feet on the seat. She’s wearing brightly-striped, textured socks.
About the Sock Pattern
The socks are worked toe-up.
The texture patterns are actually charts showing how common birds are in the Victoria region throughout the year. The stripe sections represent eight different birds.
Stitch patterns are charted and written out, so choose your preference or use both!
One skein of Gauge Dye Works yarn has everything you need to knit the socks. You’ll only have a few ends to weave in because the stripes happen as you work.
Want to knit with stash yarn? No problem, the pattern includes instructions for subbing yarn too.
I consider this an advanced beginner project. This is great TV and vacation knitting!
A Checklist of Birds is a very pleasing catalog that lists the birds that are present in a particular region and when they’re around. This pattern takes that concept and puts it into sock form! Now you’ll always remember that Northern Flickers are common all year round in Victoria but that you’re much more likely to see Goldfinches and Rufous Hummingbirds in summer than in winter. This collaboration with Catherine at Gauge Dye Works takes the concept of the Checklist of Birds and roughly represents each month with two stitches so that a panel of 24 stitches is the whole year. When there’s a purl stitch, that bird is common that time of year. Catherine created an exuberant self-striping yarn to celebrate eight common birds we love here in Victoria, but you may want to do some stash busting and celebrate other birds too!
Learn more about the Checklist on my blog and download the Victoria Natural History Society Checklist free on their website.
Get the yarn designed especially for this project from Gauge Dye Works!
What’s that bird?
Here’s another one of our featured birds. Take a guess at what it is in the comments!
A fluffy bird is perched on a dry branch. They’ve got a white chest with striking black spots, a black cravat, and orange and black tail feathers.
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