Are there buy buttons on the side of the page? If so, you've caught this pattern on one of the handful of days every year when it's available! If not, read on for details of where it went and what to do if you want to be notified the next time it's available.

A few years ago I got overwhelmed by my back catalog, retired most of my earlier work, and launched Tiny Nonsense. That gave me space to make Cool New Stuff! But some people missed the earlier things, so I make many of the retired patterns available for a few days once or twice a year.

• If you see the buy buttons on this page, you’ve caught it on one of the days it’s available! You can buy it just like usual.

• If you don’t see the buy buttons on this page, then it’s not currently available. It will probably be available the week after Thanksgiving and for a few days in June or July.

• If you want to hear when the retired patterns come back, subscribe to the mailing list or patreon, or keep an eye on my instagram.

It seems hardly necessary to say to an American lady that she should be neatly dressed at breakfast … The hair should be carefully arranged, and the feet … in the natty stocking and well-fitting slipper, which has moved the poet to such feeling verses.

Good Manners for All Occasions: Including Etiquette of Cards, Wedding Announcements and Invitations
Margaret E Sangster, 1904

I can’t quite promise that these socks will cause poets to spring up out of the ether and compose odes to your charming feet, but I wouldn’t exactly rule it out either. If it should happen, do get in touch. I definitely want to hear about it.