Coleus Socks are light and elegant toe-up socks featuring a delicate lace design.
To create a balanced and beautiful look, the lace pattern is mirror-symmetric, meaning the left and right socks are worked with slightly different charts.

Construction: Worked from the toe up.
Skill Level: Intermediate (requires basic toe-up sock knowledge, reading lace charts/instructions, and working left/right variations).

Pattern Features: Written instructions and charts included.
Size Details
Sizes Available: 1 (2) — Adult Medium (Large).
Size 1: fits foot circumference ~18,5–20 cm / 7.5–8 inches
Size 2: fits foot circumference ~23–24 cm / 9–9.5 inches)

Foot & Leg Length: Fully adjustable. You can easily adapt the foot length and leg height to your preference.
Materials & Tools
Yarn:
Weight: Fingering / Sock weight yarn.
Yardage: Approx. 240 – 300 meters / 380 – 437 yards (depending on foot and leg length).
Yarn Choice: Solid, semi-solid, or subtle hand-dyed yarns are highly recommended to make the lace pattern pop.
Please note: heavily variegated or speckled yarns may hide the lace detail.

Needles:
Size: 2.75 mm / US 2 (or size needed to obtain gauge).
Suitable for Magic Loop, short circulars, or DPNs (Double Pointed Needles).

Notions:
Stitch markers (to separate pattern repeats).
Tapestry needle (for weaving in ends).

Gauge
Stockinette Stitch: 26 sts x 40 rows = 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches) after blocking.

Annarita Ceretti patterns are 100% human-designed. No artificial intelligence (AI) was used in the creation of this publication.