These socks grew out of time spent looking at tile patterns and knitting charts. I liked many of the horizontal band designs, but I like vertically oriented patterns. And I liked the idea of playing vertical panels off one another: a strong pattern against an all-over one, a light field against a dark one. These figure/ground socks, with their ...

I designed these a couple years ago, then got distracted. I’m sure there’s something wonky about the thumb design here, but hopefully you can wing it and find a way to make it work.