This sock pattern is one of 28 in my ebook, Personal Footprints for Insouciant Sock Knitters. My Personal Footprint method is fun and easy, and captivates even seasoned sock knitters with its innovative approach and ease of fitting any foot. It is ideal for normal feet as well as feet with unusually high or low insteps, and heels of all sizes and shapes.

This stitch pattern, which I devised after seeing someone wearing a vest with a similar arrangement of interwoven rows and columns, reminds me of the newspaper “sit-upons” I enjoyed weaving as a brownie scout.