The Ogee Socks are directly inspired by pointed ogee arches, an architectural shape Venetian gothic buildings which you can find in windows and doorframes all over Venice. The few rows of cabling just after the cuff and the textured heel flap elevate a pair of easily memorizable ribbed socks.

Inizio means “beginning” in Italian, and this basic ribbed sock pattern is the perfect place start if you are an adventurous beginner sock knitter. This has been my go-to sock recipe for years, and the sock pattern that I want to cast on again and again. The ribbing helps create the perfect fit, and the heel flap will fit snugly against your fo...

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The Onda Socks are what I like to call “one-step-above-vanilla” socks. If you are a newbie sock knitter who wants to challenge themselves to yourself to your first textured sock, or a seasoned sock knitter who wants an intuitive pattern repeat with a gorgeous result, the Onda Socks are an excellent fit for you. “Onda” is the Italian word for “w...

The Alma Socks are inspired by the Tudor court of Henry VIII and Hilary Mantel’s novels Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, and The Mirror and the Light. The socks are knit cuff-down in the round with a heel flap and gusset. The design features a panel of seed stitches framed by panels of 1-by-1 cables. The pattern includes charted and written inst...

The Bacino Socks (pronounced bah-CHEE-no) are a little ode to Venice’s Grand Canal and the way in which it snakes through the heart of the city and opens onto the Venetian lagoon. The sock pattern features a cable motif, passages of seed stitch and columns of two-by-two ribbing.

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The Carta Socks are directly inspired by the architecture of the Doge’s Palace, the seat of political power and center of civic life in Venice, Italy. The design features a pattern of twisted and slipped stitches that mimic the colonnade on the building’s facade and the Gothic architecture surrounding the Porta della Carta--the grand entrance t...

The Doro Socks are directly inspired by the architectural details of the Ca d’Oro, a sumptuous palace in Venice, Italy, and one of the best examples of Venetian Gothic architecture on the Grand Canal. The design features stitch patterns that mimic the architectural elements on the palace’s facade, especially the twisted stitches at the cuff tha...

The Hatching Socks are directly inspired by the drawing technique of hatching, used by Renaissance artists like Raphael and Michelangelo. The term ‘hatching’ describes a series parallel lines drawn closely together to create the illusion of shadow. The Hatching Socks feature a stitch pattern created with slipped stitches and floats, and the des...

The interlocking cables and twisted stitches in the Strozzi Socks are inspired by the intricate frames surrounding some of the great paintings of the Italian Renaissance, particularly Gentile da Fabriano’s Adoration of the Magi, which was painted for the Strozzi family in Florence in 1423. The Strozzi socks are worked from the cuff-down in the ...

The delicate cable pattern and twisted rib motif on the top of the Cosmati Socks is directly inspired by the geometric mosaic floors designed by the Cosmati family, who were a multi-generational family of artists best known for decorating the floors of medieval churches in Rome during the 12th and 13th centuries. The type of interlocking and or...

Farnesina is a sock pattern named after the Villa Farnesina in Rome. The sixteenth-century villa, on the banks of the Tiber River, is most famous for its two cycles of frescoes painted by the Renaissance painter Raphael. The chevron motif on the top of the socks is directly inspired by the intricately patterned marble floors that can be found t...