Beaded Socks
Designed by Emm1e, sockapalooza4pal@gmail.com Materials and Equipment °1 100 gram skein (or two 50 gram skeins) of fingering weight yarn - I used Shibui · US size 1 circular needles, or size to obtain gauge (pattern is written for 2 circulars but should be easily converted to magic loop or dpns) ? Tiny crocket hook (size 12 or 13 should work) · Beads (size 8 is best, if you can't get them to work buy 6's) Tapestry Needle Gauge: 7 - 8 stitches per inch (working 8 stitches per inch is good if you have feet smaller than $8^{\circ}$ diameter). If your fet measure more than $9^{\circ}$ in diameter you can easily modify this pattern so that you work with 72 stitches because it has an 8 stitch pattern repeat.
Abbreviations
B - add a bead (using technique described below) K - knit K2tog - knit two together K3tog - slip 1, K2tog, pass slipped stitch over n1 or n2: needle 1 or needle 2 P -Purl SSK - slip a stitch knitwise twice, then knit both stitches together yo- yarn over Adding the Beads: We're going to be adding beads using a crochet hook rather than stringing them on the yarn first. To do this: slide a bead onto the crochet hook grab the next stitch on the left needle with the crochet hook and slip it off the needle slide the bead from the crochet hook onto the yarn loop put the yarn loop back on the left needle knit the stitch For really good directions on how to do this see: http://luffyknitterdeb.blogspot.com/2005/08/by-special-request-beading-made-easy.html
Clue #1
Cast on 64 stitches loosely using your favorite cast on. Put 32 stitches on n1 and 32 on n2. From now on nl holds the sole stitches and n2 holds the instep stitches. Join being careful not to twist. Cuff: Work in k3 p1 rib for 8 rows
Leg:
Row 1: K all stitches Row 2: \*yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, $k1^{*}$ repeat to end of row Row 3: K all stitches Row 4: $^{*1}\mathrm{k}1$ : yo, ssk, kl, k2tog, yo, $k2^{*}$ repeat to end of row Row 5: K all stitches Row 6: k2, yo, K3tog, yo, k2, p1 Row 7: $^{*1}\mathrm{k7}$ $\mathsf{p}1^{*}$ repeat to end of row Rows 8, 10, 12, 14 & 16: \*ssk, kl, yo, k1, yo, kl, k2tog, $\mathrm{p}1^{*}$ repeat to end of row Rows 9, 11, 13, & 15: $^{*1}\mathrm{k}3$ , bl,k3, p1\* Row 17: $^{*1}\mathrm{k}3$ ,b1, $k4^{*}$ For people who prefer charts, here is the chart for the above. “Special' on the key means add a bead
