The Azureum Socks are inspired by Uracentron azureum, the Green Thornytail Iguana, a brightly-coloured spiny lizard native to the northern Amazon rainforest. These small reptiles have bold stripe patterns and distinctive spiked tails. Like many rainforest species, they are not well-studied, and little is known about the details of their lives except for their diet — which consists mainly of ants.

Pattern Description

These socks are designed for comfort, with ribbing across the foot and around the leg, plus a wide panel of texture for added interest. They have a well-fitting contrast rounded afterthought heel with optional afterthought gusset shaping, as well as contrast toes and cuffs. Both toe-up and cuff-down instructions are provided. The right and left socks are worked as mirror images, and corresponding written instructions are provided for the chart.

This pattern requires the knitter to be able to knit a small circumference in the round (the pattern is method-neutral to suit your preferred technique for socks) and clearly explains all techniques for increases, decreases, and picking up an afterthought heel. Within the pattern you will find links to useful video tutorials as well, so the pattern is easily accessible to an intermediate knitter who is just getting started knitting socks.

Yarn Requirements and Sizing

These socks are available in five sizes: Child (Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large, Adult Extra-Wide) for foot circumferences of 15.5 (18, 20.5, 23, 25.5) cm / 6 (7, 8, 9, 10) inches — 48 (56, 64, 72, 80) st.

You will need approximately 150 (200, 225, 250, 275) m / 165 (220, 245, 275, 300) yards of the Main Colour and 50 (55, 60, 65, 70) m / 55 (60, 65, 70, 75) yards of the Contrast Colour for standard sizes, but the socks are completely adjustable in length and height for a perfect fit!

With its straightforward design details, this pattern is designed to complement any colourway — whether you love self-striping, variegated, solid, or speckled yarns, any of them will work with this pattern!

These socks are rated 1/5 — Beginner — on my sock pattern difficulty scale. This is because they only require basic stitches and have a very straightforward construction.