These socks use travelling/twisted stitches and columns of twisted stitch ribbing that feed into the band ribbing, the heel slip stitch pattern and around the sides of the toes.

My aim was to design a travelling stitch pattern that gripped the leg and avoided using holes and cables. I did this by incorporating some ribbing into the pattern and by using left and right increases rather than wool forwards. I have to admit that there is one cable at the toe of each sock.

The result is an elastic sock without any holes. The pattern reminded me of the scales of a lizard’s skin so I have named them after the Australian lizard family, the Goanna.