I love playing around with my favourite lace stitch pattern dictionary. When my daughter saw the result she said: “It looks like you’re looking through the canopy layer of the rainforest”, so therefore “Rainforest Socks”.

Top down socks knitted in the round with a turned heel, featuring a lace rib leg part and Estonian lace stitch pattern. The patterns both have short repeats and are very simple.

Difficulty: Adventurous beginner sock knitter

Needles: US2/ 2.75 mm DPN

Gauge: 30 sts and 40 rows stocking stitch

Yarn: The Dye Shack 4ply sock yarn: 75%wool, 25% polyamide (425 yds/ 400 m to 100g): One skein in colour way Swampy.