Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility introduce us to the Dashwood sisters trio: Elinor, Marianne, and the youngest, Margaret. Poor Margaret is forever shunted off to the sidelines whenever the elder sisters talk of suitors, marriage and other important grown-up matters. Margaret has an intrepid spirit in spite of their best efforts to shield her, running the moors by day and burnishing her needlework skills by candlelight. She openly displays her pleasure or disapproval in an exasperatingly frank manner, much to the chagrin of her more guarded sisters. Or do they secretly admire her brashness?

These toe-up socks are designed for the rest of us who are often left behind in the sock knitting world: Those of us who have large ankles and calves. A 64 or 72 stitch sock just doesn’t cut it, does it? Here’s a sock for us, the Margaret Dashwoods of sockdom.

NOTES

SKA March 2012 Challenge:cables
Cast on post #473
Bind Off post #1818

80 st.
4 plus 8 rows start gusset

1st sock finished: 11 March 2012

19 March 2012: second sock: gusset increases finished.

7 April: second sock finished.

NOTE: Yarn color number is 5617