Vintage vase
When I first saw a stunning vintage vase with flowers motif, I could not resist the challenge of modifying and working it into a sock design.

The plain foot compliments the design, allowing the vase and flowers to be the star of the show. There are some extremely long floats but using the ladderback jacquard (LBJ) technique to manage these floats produce a lovely finish with some stretch.

These socks are knitted toe up and feature a rounded wedge toe and heel flap and gusset. The heel flap is worked in slipped stitch pattern.

If toe up is not to your liking, I have included some basic information for working your socks cuff down.

Pattern information

Sizing
A-65 (B-73, C-81) sts
Finished circumference (approximately);
Gauge of 36 sts: 18 (20.5, 22.5) cm/7 (8, 9) inches.
– To fit a foot of^: 20 (22.5, 25) cm/8 (9, 9.75) inches.
Gauge of 32 sts: 20.5 (23, 25.5) cm/8 (9, 10) inches.
– To fit a foot of^: 22.5 (25.5, 28) cm/9 (10, 11) inches.
^ (with 10% negative ease)

Yarn
Light fingering / fingering weight sock yarn in 2 colours with good contrast.
Allow 80-100 g for MC and 30-40 g for CC. Solid, semi-solid or tonal colourways would work well for this design.

Gauge (worked in the round and measured after washing and laying flat to dry)
32-36 sts = 10 cm/4 inches over stockinette stitch.
32-36 sts/40 rounds = 10 cm/4 inches over stranded colourwork.

Needles (for working small circumference in the round)
2.25 mm/US1 needles or 2.5 mm/US1.5 needles (or size required to achieve gauge).

Pattern formats
The instructions for the construction of the socks are written and the charts are both charted and written.

Low vision accessible
A low vision accessible version of this pattern are also available.
This version include 24 point Arial all black text, no italics, no columns or tables and fully written instructions.
There are charts included but the charts are not needed to complete the pattern.
This version includes written instructions on when and how to work the LBJ stitches in every round.

Thank you
Thank you to Eternalknitter, Trii2, Bells5r1, AndraGroza, hottann, schubu3 and other testers.

A huge thanks also to yarnymama and yalta for their ongoing valued advice, guidance, feedback and encouragement.