A shower of dots cascade down these elegantly textured socks, creating an impression of raindrops gently falling.

Featuring a boomerang heel worked with German short rows, and a stitch pattern by Ann Kingstone that uses her clever centred double increase, these are a great project for intermediate level knitters. Knit in the round, from the top down.

Sized to fit 20cm/8in (24cm/9.5in, 28cm/11in) ankle circumferences. The socks are designed with approximately 2.5cm/1in of negative ease built in.

The pattern requires up to 400m/436yds of 4 ply sock yarn. The pictured sample used a 100g skein of Sparkleduck Galaxy sock yarn in Neptune.

This pattern is made available with kind permission of the designer, Marie Wright, who has granted the Knitting & Crochet Guild exclusive rights to sell the pattern via Ravelry. Sale proceeds for this pattern support the guild in its continuing work of education, innovation and preservation. Visit our website for more details at www.kcguild.org.uk.