Summer Sock

Pattern Design: My own
Yarn: ?? Cotton/Acrylic Blend
Needles: Bamboo DP's, #2

Always fascinated by stitch patterns involving drastic increases or decreases, I continue to look for new ways to balance out my patterns without the use of the dreaded YO and resulting lace-look.

I'm working through this stitch pattern for use in a sock, which utlizes a double-decrease in the center of each pattern repeat and if offset by K1, P1 in same ST (or a P1, K1 in same ST). I've also been working through offsetting the double-decrease by using the YO, then working the YO through the back loop (twisting the stitch) on the return row (or round), all still with some loosey goosey lace effect.