Introducing Budding Vine Socks! The next pattern in my seasonal brioche sock collection. These socks were inspired by the hearty vining plants that seem to emerge in spring before everything else - stranded colorwork flower motifs and brioche vines.

This sock is worked top down & in the round.

Sizes - 8 sizes available. 56 (60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84) stitches

The front of leg is worked in single pass brioche using a 12 row chart. The back of leg is worked in stranded knitting using a 18 row chart.

Materials - I recommend a skein of each color to ensure you have enough yarn. I also recommend using a cable needle for the 5stitch decrease.

Please note the pattern uses charts for the single pass brioche instep and the stranded colorwork.

These are very stretchy socks, and do not fit as tightly as traditional colorwork socks. Keep this in mind when choosing a size. You can also eliminate stranded stitches if necessary.

I recommend this pattern for those who are comfortable with brioche, chart knitting, and colorwork.

Gauge - the recommended gauge for the brioche is 8spi and the stranded is 9spi. The stitch gauge doesn’t matter as much as the row gauge - if you need help calculating the size of your socks based on your gauge message me. Try to get the row gauge as similar as possible for the best finished project.

There are many charts for this pattern, if you like to print patterns, please note that the charts are grouped by size so you can print the main pattern and then on the two pages for your size sock. Chart A is on both pages of charts, so you do not have to flip back and forth between pages.