Monkey Ladder

A robust twist-stitch and lace pattern weaves down the leg and over the top of the foot in this top-down sock in four sizes (XS/S/M/L). Thick jungle vines pierced with light and shot with the colors of flowers and darting birds are brought to mind when a variegated yarn is used. The pattern is built with simple stitch maneuvers and the motif is reversible for toe-up construction.

 

Shown here in size M with knitcraft & knittery Fingering Weight Merino, colorway Jungle Journey

Matching Motif: Anaconda Fingerless Mitts

Suggested Yarns: 

Bare Naked Wools Better Breakfast Fingering, Modern Deco Lace, Stone Soup Fingering, or Ghillie Sock, or any smooth fingering yarn that knits to pattern gauge 

6(7.5, 9, 10.5) inches in circumference, to fit feet up to 7(8.5, 10, 11.5) inches around

375(425, 475, 525) yards

33 sts and 48 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch (knit flat; unblocked) 34 sts and 48 rows = 4 inches in pattern stitch (knit flat; washed and blocked)

DPNs size 1US (2.25 mm) or size to obtain correct gauge