Anyone familiar with George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones books knows that Arya Stark has never had ambitions of being a proper lady. Her journey throughout the books is a difficult one, fraught with challenges, and I wanted to design a sock to represent that.

Decades ago, I got a pair of mittens from a penpal in Norway. By the time they were wearing out, I had learned to knit, so I sketched out the pattern on graph paper and knit them. I’ve made many pairs of these over the years, and want to offer them to you, so you can enjoy them, as well.

My first knitting pattern! This pattern has not been test-knit.