Miss Wendover’s lace is predictable, so it’s easy to see where you are when working the pattern. Work starts with a simple round toe, this is a good shape for many feet - it’s not too pointy but can readily accommodate a narrower foot (as well as a wider one). There is a ribbed gusset to aid in the perfect foot-hugging fit at this point (though, if ribbing here is not to your taste, simply work it plain). A little picot cast off gives a lift to an otherwise conventional ribbed cuff. Overall, a sock with interest but not a knit that feels like hard work.

Miss Wendover is named for the heroine Abigail Wendover in Georgette Heyer’s novel Black Sheep.*

Directions for the lace pattern are provided both as chart and written instructions.

This pattern was in the first instalment of the Vintage Purls Summer Sock Yarn Club 2015.