Monica Knits

The lily of the valley socks have a 16 stitch lace repeat pattern and it is extremely beneficial to use stitch markers to separate the repeats. It helps prevent errors from being carried forward to the next repeat and is particular helpful when starting this pattern. I always use the yarn tail to indicate the start of round, but in this case, the pattern doesn't develop for a few rows so the "green" stitch marker indicates the center of the first needle. Green for "go", red for "stop" or end of round. This helps avoid twisting the knitting to the inside if you need to set it aside before the initial fan stitch is evident. In fact, I had a visitor arrive right in the middle of row 3!

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