"I cast on for this pair of socks when I was in Mexico," explains Patterson. "Because of its south-of-the-border origin I wanted a Spanish name for the pattern. The movement in the stitch pattern makes me think of the movement of the waves on the beach I could see from my room. Keeping both those things in mind I pulled up the online translator, and played a bit before I hit on something that flowed well: Linea de la Playa, which is Spanish for 'line of the beach' or as we would say in English 'shoreline'. Perfect."
