This sock pattern for knitters--inspired by The Hunger Games--is for the adventurous intermediate or expert knitter (or for a new knitter who hasn't been told that socks, cables, and double knitting are hard, the therefore is able to do anything) Skills

• knit and purl stitches, YO, right and left leaning increases, decreases, cables
• knitting in the round on two circular needles
• reading lace and charts; use of stitch markers to delineate repeats
• knitting both Continental and British (as commonly done in Fair Isle) is helpful if you wish to include the optional hidden pocket
• knowledge of double-knitting is useful but not required. Tutorial included.

Size​

• (S,M)L— for accurate fit, measure around ball of Foot (7in,8in)9in,

Gauge​

• ​ 28 sts=4 in/10cm; 38 rows=4” on sole-stitch stockinette; same on stockinette arrowhead lace

Yarn ​

• ​ SOLE: held double; sample knit with The March Hare in Scarlet Letter [70% Merino, 30% silk, 435 yards/ 398 m, 100g; 18 WPI]; INSTEP/LEG: Mountain Colors: CrazyFoot in Headwaters [90% superwash Merino, 10% nylon, 425 yards/ 389 m, 100g; 18 WPI]

Needle ​

• ​​ Two US 1 (2.25 mm) circs; cable needle or appropriate substitute tool; one set US 1 dpns for optional pocket

Notions​​

• ​ stitch markers or paperclips (many)