Carolyn Lisle 🇨🇦 🧶
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Carolyn Lisle 🇨🇦 🧶
@peridragon.bsky.social
I design colourful knitting patterns with innovative details, often inspired by science and nature but occasionally best described as, “But why would you do that?!”

Trekkie, LOTR fan, nerd in general.
Website: https://www.periwinkledragon.ca/links/
Stripes in knitting are so fun! Self-striping yarn or pattern-made stripes; there are so many fun things you can do with them.

🧶 More patterns for stripes: www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/fea...

#showmeyourknits #knitting #knittingpattern #knitsky
August 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Got sock yarn scraps? Knit up every last bit with super-easy flair with the Yocto Socks!

🧶 Pattern link: www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/yoc...

#knitting #sockknitting #knitsky #knittingpattern #showmeyourknits
August 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My big July project was releasing five new sock patterns for my latest eBook! I had so much fun designing and knitting the patterns for Interjection! Socks, and after months of work behind the scenes, it’s so great to have them all finally released.

August 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
For #ShowMeYourKnits this week, it’s about knitted love! ❤️

These are my Llama Tracks Socks, inspired by the footprints of the guardian llama of a local sheep farm who spent his whole life protecting his beloved sheep family. 🦙

🧶 Pattern: www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/lla...
February 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
#ShowMeYourKnits this week is all about stripes! I love manipulating self-striping yarn on knitted socks — here are some of my favourite striped projects:

Oblique Reflex Socks
Dizzy Diamonds Socks
Pictum Socks
X-pression Socks

🧶 More here: www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/yar...

#SockKnitting
February 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I knew when I chose this yarn for a design sample that I was making a mistake — it is very difficult to photograph. But TBH I just really wanted these neon rainbow knitted socks. 🤣

🧶 Pattern: Bass Sonic Texture Socks (www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/bas...)

#KnittedSocksOfTheDay #SockKnitting
January 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Well, as of this morning, officially everyone at my house is sick with a cold. So it’s a dragon lounge pants, knitted socks, and six mugs of raspberry-lemon tea kind of day.

🧶 Pattern: Slip On Socks (www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/sli...)

#KnittedSocksOfTheDay #SockKnitting
January 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
For #ShowMeYourKnits, here are a few of my favourite knitting projects with cables!

They are:
- Iralai Socks (pink)
- Quaviver Socks (green)
- Friendship Bracelet Socks (rainbow on grey)
- Vastness of Space Socks (striped)

More here: www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/fea...

#SockKnitting
January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It’s a pink day today! I got my nails done yesterday and they accidentally match these knitted socks along with the cozy pants (I got up today and it was -20 🥶).

🧶 Pattern: Just Jealous Socks (www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/jus...)

#KnittedSocksOfTheDay #SockKnitting #Knitting
January 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
These unicorn pants seemed to call for some neon knitted socks today! Bonus, they’re stranded so they’re extra-warm for today’s “sunny but -15 degrees” weather. 🥶

🧶 Pattern: Sunglasses At Night Socks (www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/sun...)

#KnittedSocksOfTheDay #SockKnitting
January 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Okay, so, I know these greens clash, but how gorgeous is this @fireweedfibreco.bsky.social yarn? This is one if my absolute favourite pattern samples, and still vibrant after many washes! 😁

🧶 Pattern: Quaviver Socks (www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/qua...)

#KnittedSocksOfTheDay #SockKnitting
January 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The colours of these fleece pants and knitted socks match so well that it looks like I coordinated it on purpose! (I didn’t; I just have too much pink/purple/blue clothing… 😆)

🧶 Pattern: Sonic Texture Socks (www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/son...)

#KnittedSocksOfTheDay #SockKnitting
January 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I admit that I am really into purple, but this knitting project combined with my nails might be over the top, even for me. 😆

Yarn 🧶: @fireweedfibreco.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It’s here! 😍 🦖 🧶
January 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Today’s space leggings and solar system knitted socks are brought to you by 10 more cm of snow that needs shovelling later (hopefully by someone else so I can knit my sock heel 😆).

🧶 Pattern: Vastness of Space Socks (www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/vas...)

#KnittedSocksOfTheDay #selfstripingyarn
January 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It’s -20 outside and I’m going absolutely nowhere today, so it’s definitely a day for my most ridiculous fuzzy leggings and fun knitted socks.

🧶 Pattern: Friendship Bracelet Socks (www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/fri...)

#KnittedSocksOfTheDay #knitting
January 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Currently the most sassy female cardinal in the neighbourhood is yelling at me through the window because I’m knitting instead of going out in the snow to refill her favourite feeder. 😆

🧶 Pattern: X-pression Socks (www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/x-p...)

#KnittedSocksOfTheDay #BackyardDinosaurs
January 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This morning I had my very first (and hopefully last) root canal. So cozy socks in front of the fireplace with my knitting and a low-stress TV show are just what I need.

🧶 Pattern: Slipper On Socks (www.periwinkledragon.ca/patterns/sli...)

#knitting #KnittedSocksOfTheDay
January 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I can’t help myself; every time I wear these pants I also have to wear my knitted socks that sit right in that “kind of matches but also kind of clashes” place with them. 🤣 🧶

Pattern: Zöllner Socks (www.periwinkledragon.ca/zollner-socks/)

#knitting #KnittedSocksOfTheDay
January 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Here’s my proper intro thread!

I design unique and sometimes unhinged knitting patterns (mostly socks). I have technique videos and help articles on my website: www.periwinkledragon.ca

🧶 I love indie yarn, and I like to find ways to use wild colourways that are more interesting than vanilla socks.
January 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Here’s a photo of some of my designs (I have about 75 in total). I do love wild yarn! 🧶

I mostly knit socks, but I also design shawls and other accessories too. My weirdest inspiration so far is probably the one named after a parasitic fungus, or maybe the one about ruining CRT monitors. 😂
November 17, 2024 at 5:55 AM