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IK Embossed Leaves in Koigu KPPPM 105D

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IK Embossed Leaves in Koigu KPPPM 105D

Planet Earth Fibers beaded silk in color Rouge

Now I need to figure out how to add the beaded silk…
lacy trim?
embroidery?
leaves?

On my first attempt the colors were pooling so that one side of the sock was red and the other side was green:

Pooling red side

Pooling green side

I modified the pattern, removing the first stitch of the leaf chart for a total of four stitches per round. Just enough to make the colors swirl in a nice spiral:

Modified for swirling instead of pooling

April 25, 2009 at 9:07 pm 3 comments