These socks were inspired by the socks found in the tomb of Eleanoro de Toledo, the wife of Cosimo I de'Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. She was buried in 1562, and her crimson silk socks are amazingly well preserved.

Yarn: 425 m (463 yds.)on US #0 or #1.

Gauge: 17 sts. and 25 rows per 2 square inches on US 1, 19 sts. on US )