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The Neapolitans claim that they have the best coffee in the world, and who am I to disagree? Boiling hot, short and strong, served in tiny cups, it’s a shot of that energy for which Naples is known. What I love in Naples is the ‘suspended coffee’. It’s a habit that shows generosity and understanding towards others. A client can pay for more coffees than will be consumed, and the poor people can pop into a bar to ask if there’s a suspended coffee for them. Caring at its simplest.

These fingering weight socks are knit toe up with a heel flap. Simple stripes create the base of the sock. Once you reach the top of the coffee, the ‘crema’, kind of foam covers the cup making this coffee – and sock- special.

Finished measurements
S (M, L) XL
Finished foot / leg circumference 16.5 (19, 21) 23.5 cm / 6.5 (7.5, 8.25) 9.25”
Leg / foot length adjustable.
The socks are intended to be worn with 0 – 2 cm / 0 – 0.75” negative ease.
Sample shown in size S.

Yarn requirements
Quince & Co Starling (75 % superwash Merino, 25 % recycled polyamide, 200 m / 50 g).
MC: 1 (2, 2) 2 skeins or 159 (210, 265) 317 m / 174 (229, 290) 347 yds of fingering weight yarn.
Shown in color Walnut.
CC: 1 (1, 1) 2 skeins or 106 (140, 177) 212 m / 116 (153, 193) 231 yds of fingering weight yarn.
Shown in color Taupe.

Gauge
33 sts x 48 rnds = 10 cm /4” with 2.25 mm
(US 1) needles in stockinette st in the round after blocking.

Needles
2.25 mm (US 1) – 100 cm / 40” circular needles, or as required to obtain gauge.

Notions
1 removable marker, 1 st marker, cable needle, tapestry needle. Optional: sock blocker(s).

The pattern is both charted and written.
The pattern has been professionally tech edited and it has been test knit.

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