Snow Season Stockings

**About** The Snow Season Stockings are a vintage inspired stocking pattern. The stockings are knit top-down in the round starting with a long ribbed cuff that is folded over to be extra squishy. Then, the cuff is worked with a cabled motif and moss stitch on either side. The heel is shaped with German Short Rows. The cabled motif and moss stitch is continued over the length of the foot. Lastly, decreases are worked to shape the toe of the stocking. **Skill** Difficulty 3/5. Working cables from a chart. German Short Row shaping. **Gauge** 21 sts x 29 rows = 10 cm | 4 inch. Using 5 mm | US 8 needles, measured in cabled motif after blocking. **Needles** 5 mm | US 8 for main. 4.5 mm | US 7 for ribbing. + 40 cm | 16 inch and 80 cm | 32 inch cable. **Finished measurements** Length of cuff including folded rib: 29 cm | 11.5 inch. Length of foot: 22.5 cm | 8.75 inch. Width: 17 cm | 6.75 inch. **Yarn** Cream Sample | 1 strand dk weight yarn held together with 1 strand of fingering weight yarn. * Drops Lima c. 0100 (100 m | 109 yds, 50g) * Drops Flora c. 01 (210 m | 230 yds, 50g) **Meterage** 230 m | 252 yds of dk weight and fingering weight yarn **each**. *Or alternatively of 1 aran weight yarn.* **Grams** 115 gr of Drops Lima and 55 gr of Drops Flora. **Notions** Tapestry needle, cable needle, 3 removable stitch markers.