Sock Pattern My Way from Easy Peasy

ODD BALL SOCKS – Condensed - I took the liberty to re-write our sock pattern so its easier to follow as I guide you.  Please print this out for your knitting bag.

Light worsted weight yarn and size 5 Double Pointed Needles.

Size is for women’s medium size sock.  (if you use different size needles or yarn you might get very tiny socks or ginormous socks!)

CUFF:

Cast on 40 stitches over 4 needles – 10 stitches on each needle.  Do not twist your stitches and attach together knitting K1, P1 around your sock for approx 2 inches – with a nice light worsted weight this is about 25-30 rows.

HEEL FLAP:

Transfer 10 of your stitches onto your working needle.  You will now have 20 stitches on one needle.  This will be your Heel Flap. 

Knit across and purl back.  Knitting on the outside or (RS)  right side of the sock, and purl back on the inside or (WS)wrong side of the sock.

Knit back and forth till you have knitted a total of 20 rows.

TURNING THE HEEL:

This creates the nice little round area for your heel.  Just follow the directions:

(to work the SSK ~ slip slip knit) , you slip one stitch from left needle to the right needle, then you slip another from left needle to right needle, put both back on the left needle and knit them together as one.  Here is a little video.

http://www.knittinghelp.com/video/play/slip-slip-knit-english

Row 1:  (RS): K12, SSK, K1

Row 2 : (WS): sl 1, P5, P2tog, P1

Row 3:   sl 1, k6, ssk, k1

Row 4:  sl1, P7, P2tog, p1

Row 5:  sl1, k8, ssk, k1

Row 6:  sl1, p9, p2tog, p1

Row 7:  sl1, k10, ssk

Row 8:  sl1, p10, p2tog

Row 9: Knit across the 12 stitches remaining.

THE GUSSET

      1.   Pick up 20 stitches on this needle from the side of your heel flap.

            *** after the 19^th stitch place a marker.

2. Knit across your next 2 needles .   (each of those have 10 stitches)

You have now ended the k1, p1 cuff so just knit across the next 2 needles.

3. Pick up 20 stitches on the side of the heel flap using another double pointed needle.  ***place a marker after 1^st stitch.

4. When you finish picking up those 20 stitches you are at the place where you  

Started your heel flap.  Place a locking marker here as this will be the place you count your rows from.

 ***Needle 1 has 32 stitches, Needle 2 has 10 stitches, Needle 3 has 10 stitches and Needle 4 has 20 stitches.   They are not evenly dispersed, you can arrange them if you would like.

DECREASE OF THE GUSSET:

1.     Knit to 2 stitches before your first marker, K2tog, slip marker, Knit to next marker, slip that marker and ssk (refer to the little directions above for Slip,Slip,Knit) and knit to end of round.

REPEAT this decrease round until only 40 stitches remain. Keep your markers in place you will come back to them later.

THE FOOT

Continue knitting in stockinette stitch (just knitting, NO purling) all the way around until the sock comes to the bottom of your big toe.  It’s a good idea to keep track of your rounds so you know how many you knit.  This is reference for the next sock and others to be knitted in the future.     If you try to slip the sock over your foot to measure, be careful you do not break your needles or slip them out of the stitches.  When the sock is stretched out the length will decrease.  Be sure to knit enough rows.

 

THE TOE
Remember that first stitch marker!   Knit over to your first stitch marker.  SLIP THIS MARKER AND KNIT THE NEXT STITCH.  Place your end of round marker here!

Setup round:  K1, pm (place marker), k18, pm, k2, sm (slip marker), k1.  Now all your markers are in place and you are at the end of the round.  Decreases will be worked now.

Round 1:  k1, *sm, k2tog, k to 2 sts before next marker, ssk.  Knit to next marker.  Prpeat from *.  Knit to end of round.

Round 2:  Knit every stitch on all needles to end of round.

Continue working rounds 1 & 2 until 12 stitches remain.

Remove markers, cast off with Kitcheners Stitch and weave in your ends.

The End of fist sock – now do it again!