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Date with Ada

Downloadable PDF, English
$5.19
Date with Ada
$5.19
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Product Details

The fourth design in the "British Inventors and Scientists" collection is a tribute to Ada Lovelace (1815-1852). Mathematician and writer, she is regarded as the first "computer programmer" .

These socks have a twist: each sock is the result of the coding of a date. You may knit identical socks by using the same date for each sock. Or you may knit fraternal socks, with each sock embedding a different date.

Depending on which quarter the chosen date falls into, the sock features a different lace pattern. The other details (which month in that quarter, the day, the year) are coded with texture.

And I remain with this question: was Ada Lovelace a knitter?

Needles and Notions

  • 2.25 mm (US 1) needles (circ. or DPNs) - Or size required to achieve gauge.
  • Spare needles (same size or one size smaller)
  • Cable needle
  • Darning needle
  • Stitch markers
  • Waste yarn and crochet hook

Gauge36 sts and 52 rows / 10cm (4 in) measured over stockinette in the round.

12-Page Pattern includes:Detailed charts for all patterned sections, for any option selected.Complete written instructions (including written directions for all Charts)

Craft
Knitting
Designer
Aurelie Colas
Format
Downloadable PDF
Language
English
Pages
12
Skill Level
Advanced
Yarn Weight