Trellis Socks – Digital Pattern

When I was little my mom and grandma used to drag us kids around to all the greenhouses in the spring and summer. They loved looking at the beautiful colors, taking in the humid, floral aromas, and dreaming of what they would plant in their gardens that year. I hated it. It was hot. It was wet. It was exhausting tromping around all those long greenhouse isles on my little legs, and to top it off there was never anywhere to sit down. I look back on it and laugh now that I’m older and longing to be among the growing things in protest of those last cold days of winter. I hated it then, but somehow, the love of gardening took root and although the weeds often get away from me, I look forward to a fresh new spring and all the colorful little faces that show up in greeting each year – even the dandelions.

 Included in this download:

• Trellis Socks Pattern (BOTH written and charted instructions)
• 3 sizes (S, M, and L), easily customized

This pattern is great for knitters that already know the basics of knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, knitting in the round, and picking up stitches. These socks are worked top down. 2 sets of cables flank the trellis lace pattern and twine their way down the side. One set of cables continues onto the heel flap and the other follows the trellis to the toe. The cuff ribbing is spaced to flow seamlessly into the trellis lace design, formed by yarn over eyelets and ssk/k2tog sequences, which tapers on the top of the foot before reaching the toe. If adjustment to the foot length is desired, it can be accomplished by adding or subtracting trellis lace reps before the design tapers. See instructions in FOOT section. The toe decreases are worked in pairs on either side and then the toe is grafted.

Techniques to enjoy:

• Top down
• Ribbing
• Right and left leaning cables
• Heel flap
• Toe graft
• Basic increases and decreases  to form eyelet lace (yo, ssk, k2tog)
• Easily customized for length
• Open stitch design great for summer!