The Liana Socks are inspired by the climbing woody plant
from our precious tropical forests. Imagine the Liana plant
climbing and swirling around trees in a rainforest providing
valuable habitat for animals and insects in the forest canopy.

After a short cuff, the pattern starts with ribbing on these
top-down socks. A slip-stitch heel flap and traditional gusset
are used. The Liana pattern is worked on the instep, while the
sole is knit in Stockinette Stitch.

The Liana pattern has quite a lot of stretch and is meant to
be worn with approx 1.5–2” negative ease. The pattern looks
best if the ease is not too large, so consider going up a size
rather than making a smaller size with more negative ease.

For the largest size, consider buying an extra hank of yarn,
as there will be hardly any leftover yarn.
Instructions are given for Magic Loop or two circular needles
technique, but can be easily adjusted to DPNs by dividing
stitches on each needle across two DPNs.

All rnds begin with front leg/instep (Needle 1), followed by
back leg back/gusset/sole (Needle 2).

A smaller needle size is used for cuff, heel, and toe. This adds
durability to the heel and toe, and a nice transition from cuff
to Liana pattern on leg.

Chart is worked in the round; read each chart row from
right to left as a RS row.