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This is the first time I’ve hosted a contest to name a pattern. The winner, Ruth, suggested Cross Gartered, a reference to Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, when Olivia tricks Malvolio into believing that she loves him and wants to see him in cross-gartered stockings. As soon as I saw it, I knew that Cross Gartered was meant to be the name of these socks.

Cross Gartered is worked toe-up and features a braided pattern that is worked just before the cuff (after most of the sock is finished). A link to a video demonstration of the braid technique is included in the pattern.

This sock features a forethought heel with optional short-row gussets. Instructions are written-only (no charts) and needle-neutral so you can use your preferred method for working in the round.

NEEDLES
2.25mm (US 1) needles or size needed to obtain gauge in preferred style for working in the round

GAUGE
8 stitches & 12 rounds per 1 inch/2.5 centimetres in stockinette stitch in the round, after blocking

SIZES
Narrow (Medium, Wide 1, Wide 2, Wide 3)
Circumference: 7 (8, 9, 10, 11) inches/
17.8 (20.3, 22.9, 25.4, 27) centimetres
Foot length is customizable

NOTIONS

• Tapestry needle
• 6 stitch markers
• Scrap yarn in a contrasting colour
• Crochet hook the same size as the needles usedto obtain gauge 2 cable needles

SKILLS

• Knit
• Purl
• Increases
• Decreases
• Short rows (for optional gussets)
• Picking up stitches
• Grafting
• Dropped stitches
• Inserting a lifeline

Thank you to TianConnaughton for tech editing this pattern and to all the amazing test knitters who test knit it.