The Princess Bride is one of my favorite old movies. I love the scene in which Princess Buttercup says “You mocked me once. Never do it again!“ as she remembers Wesley, the Farm Boy she loved whom she believes to be dead. I won’t spoil the rest of the scene for you- you need to watch it! These socks incorporate mock cables and lots of ribbing for stretchy, accommodating socks; even the gussets have ribbing! They are knit cuff-down and feature a reinforced slipped stitch heel flap.

PATTERN DIFFICULTY LEVEL:
Beginner to Intermediate (due to a special stitch); skills required include: mock cables, slipped sts, picking up sts, patterned gussets, short-row shaping, decreases, grafting

SIZES: Adult S (M, L): to fit 7.75 (9, 10.5)“ /19.5 (23, 26.5)cm foot circ with ~ 1”/2.5cm negative ease

GAUGE:
Stockinette st & smaller needles, 36 sts & 50 rows = 4”/10 cm
Stockinette st & larger needles, 34 sts & 46 rows = 4“/10 cm

MATERIALS:
fingering weight sock yarn: Style 1: Size M shown above in Noumea Hand Dyed Sock Yarn: 75% Merino wool/25% nylon-polyamide (100g/3.53oz) 400m/437yds, Color 003: 1 skein and Eggplant: about 10 yds.
Style 2: Size M shown above in Cascade Yarns Heritage Sock: 75% Merino wool/25% nylon-polyamide (100g/3.53oz) 400m/437yds, Color aqua: 1 skein
U.S. 2 (2.75mm) needles
U.S. 1 (2.25mm) needles
Stitch markers
Darning needle

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