Keep your toes as fresh as a daisy wearing these lacy summer socks. A detailed stitch pattern recreates the thorns of a thistle, but don’t worry: The Extra Fine Merino Wool is super soft, not prickly!

MEASUREMENTS
Sizing in cm
S - To fit circumference 20cm / Finished foot circumference 20cm
M - To fit circumference 21.5cm / Finished foot circumference 21.5cm
L - To fit circumference 23cm / Finished foot circumference 23cm

Sizing in inches
S - To fit circumference 7.9in / Finished foot circumference 7.9in
M - To fit circumference 8.5in / Finished foot circumference 8.5in
L - To fit circumference 9.1cm / Finished foot circumference 9.1cm

MATERIALS
Scheepjes Metropolis (75% Extra Fine Merino Wool, 25% Nylon;
50g/200m)
053 Santiago x 2 balls
2.5mm dpns or 2.5mm circular needle 60-80cm
Stitch markers

SKILL LEVEL
This is an intermediate level pattern.

This pattern is published in YARN 11 Macro Botanica, a Bookazine by Scheepjes. Earlier editions of YARN can be found here.