Ambrose Smith

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The Sense and Sensibility Collection combines four sock patterns inspired by the four main characters of Jane Austen’s novel Sense and Sensibility. The designs are all knitted top down, in the round, with a heel flap and gusset and a wedge toe. With a variety of stitch patterns and techniques, this collection is sure to entertain!

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Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Knightley socks are the second pair in The Emma Collection, based on Jane Austen’s classic novel. They are knit in the round with a classic ribbed cuff and a textured pattern made up of knit and purl stitches. They feature a reinforced heel flap, and a wedge toe. Written and charted instructions are included. All measurements are listed in ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Emma socks are the first pair in The Emma Collection, based on Jane Austen’s classic novel.They begin with a lace cuff knit flat, and continue in the round after picking up stitches along the edge of the lace. With an Eye of Partridge heel flap, a simple eyelet lace detail on the toe, and a princess sole, these are sure to appeal to the “ha...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This is a pre-order listing! The pattern will be released on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2019 and will be sent as an update to your inbox!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Edmund socks are the first pair in the Mansfield Park Collection, based on Jane Austen’s classic novel.They are knit cuff down, in the round, with a heel flap and gusset and a wedge toe. A simple cable motif travels all the way down the leg and splits at the heel, going down the edge of the heel flap and the foot, while a simple texture pat...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Fanny Price socks are the second pair in the Mansfield Park Collection, based on Jane Austen’s classic novel.They are knit cuff down, in the round, with a heel flap and gusset and a wedge toe. An interesting lace row is knit between several stockinette rows, making this sock simple but addicting. A play on the usual slip stitch heel adds lo...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Edward socks are the fourth pair in the Sense and Sensibility Collection, based on Jane Austen’s classic novel. Edward Ferrars is loyal, devoted, and full of honor, and these socks were designed to reflect his steadfastness.
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The Elinor socks are the third pair in the Sense and Sensibility Collection, based on Jane Austen’s classic novel. Elinor Dashwood, the Sense to her sister Marianne’s Sensibility, is practical and responsible, and though she has the capacity for the same deep love and devotion her sister has, Elinor sacrifices the expression of it in favor of p...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Marianne socks are the second pair in the Sense and Sensibility Collection, based on Jane Austen’s classic novel. Marianne Dashwood, the Sensibility to her sister Elinor’s Sense, is romantic, clever, and passionate. These socks were designed to reflect her tendency towards sentimentality without moderation, from the garter ribbed cuff to th...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Colonel Brandon socks are the first pair in the Sense and Sensibility Collection, based on Jane Austen’s classic novel. Col. Brandon seems a staid and unadventurous sort--Marianne Dashwood says he mentions his flannel waistcoats far too often. These socks were designed to reflect the cozy, classic, and reliable style of the former soldier h...
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Miss Marple likely ate quite a few scones with her most trusted maid on quiet days in St. Mary Mead. These socks were inspired by Miss Marples most trusted maid Florence. They have just enough lace to make them pretty, but enough plain stockinette to make them practical for the most hard-working of kitchen maids. Perhaps best enjoyed with a nic...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Poison Pen socks are named for the novel The Moving Finger, in which siblings Jerry and Joanna Burton move to the quaint village of Lymstock, where a devilish villain is harassing the townspeople with heinous letters. Jerry, with the help of Megan Hunter and Miss Marple herself, resolves to take the case! These lacy and textured socks, made...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Tea at Bertram’s socks are knit toe-up with a short row heel, and feature arrow lace, columns of eyelets, and just a bit of seed stitch! Perfect for sipping tea and people watching, just as Miss Marple does in the fictitious Edwardian hotel that lends it’s name to these socks! The lace motif is an homage to the cardigan Geraldine McEwan wea...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Lacy and pink, the Nemesis socks are as unassuming as Miss Marple, herself. They are knit cuff down with all-over twisted stitches and an addicting lace pattern that alternates between columns of ribs. A slip stitch heel flap and gusset, and a wedge toe make these a classic, and will ensure these socks will see you through even the toughest day...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Little Paddocks socks were named for the small estate that provides the setting of the classic detective novel, A Murder is Announced, by Agatha Christie. Knit in a heathered oatmeal wool, it’s easy to imagine them worn to a little game of “Murder” in a autumnal English village.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Miss Marple isn’t, despite what one might expect, a teetotaler, and she enjoys a tipple of liqueur occasionally. These socks are an homage to the scene in the BBC television production of 4:50 from Paddington in which Miss Marple and her friend Mrs McGillicuddy conspire to find a body on the estate of Rutherford Hall—with the aid of a nip of Da...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Paddington Station socks are named for the novel 4:50 from Paddington, by Agatha Christie, in which Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on the train after doing a bit of Christmas shopping. Luckily, her friend Miss Marple believes her story, and begins investigating! These socks combine a railway-esque textured pattern, with some nice green...