True Love Socks: Detailed Toe-Up Knitting Pattern with V and Heart Motifs

True Love Socks

These socks are worked from the toe up with two different pattern panels, and a gusset heel. The pattern is largely tailored for working with magic loop, assuming that you have divided the stitches evenly between the front and back halves of the socks. Gauge: 34 st, 46 rows 0ver 4" in st st Yarn: Any fingering weight sock yarn, pictured here in Sundara Sock Yarn, colorway 'Spun Sugar," 350 yards used to make a US Women's size 8. Needle: 2.5mm (US size 1.5) or as required to obtain gauge Toe: Using the Turkish cast-on (or other toe-up cast-on of your choice) cast on 24 stitches. Increase every other row as follows: Row 2: (for each half of the foot) k1, m1, knit until last 2 stitches, m1, k1 (4 stitches increased each increase row) Continue until you have 64 stitches total. Foot: For the top of the foot: k5, k1 tbl, p1, work V pattern, p1, k1 tbl, k6 Knit all stitches for the bottom of the foot The V pattern is worked in two rows as follows: Row 1: k tbl, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k3, m1, sl 1 knitwise, m1, k3, skp, yo, skp, k tbl Row 2: k tbl, knit until last stitch, k tbl On the knit rows, knit the stitch that will be slipped on the patterned rows (the one running down the middle of the foot) very loosely-—-even pull it out a bit to make room for the m1s and slipped stitch on the patterned rows Continue in pattern until foot measures about 3 14" less than the desired length. Gusset: To make the gusset increases, continue working the top of the foot in pattern. On the half of the stitches for the bottom of the foot, k1, m1, knit until last 2 stitches, m1 k1. Increase every other row a total of 12 times, or 12 increased stitches on either side (24rowstotal). Heel: The heel begins with short rows. Work the stitches for the top of the foot in pattern. Work half the stitches for the bottom of the foot. Place a marker. The next section of instructions begins from this marker at the center of the heel. Row 1 (RS): knit 14, move working yarn to front of the work, slip the next stitch onto the right needle, move the yarn to the back of the work, then slip the stitch back to the left needle-—so 14 stitches knit, then the next stitch wrapped. w 2 (WS): purl 28 (or 14 past the marker), wrap the next stitch, and turn Row 3 (RS): knit 26 (12 past the marker), wrap next stitch and turn Row 4 (WS): purl 24 (12 past the marker), wrap next stitch and turn Continue in this pattern, decreasing the number of stitches worked past the marker by 2 each set of 2 rows (so 10 past the marker knit side, 10 past on the purl side, etc.) until you're working 2 stitches past the marker on either side. Stop when you have purled 2, wrapped and turned. Now we build the heel flap-- With right side facing you, begin knitting the stitches from the short rows. When you get to a wrapped stitch, pick up the wrap and knit it along with the stitch. Continue until you have knit all the wrapped stitches, and there are 13 stitches left for the bottom half of the sock (the 12 gusset increases, plus 1). Skp the next two stitches, then turn. With wrong side facing, slip the first stitch, then purl across the row. Pick up the wrapped stitches when you reach them on the other side of the heel. When you have 13 stitches left, p2tog, then turn. Slip first stitch, knit until you reach the last stitch before the gusset increases (12 stitches left), skp, and turn. Slip first stitch, purl until the last stitch before the gusset increases (12 st left), skp, and turn. Continue like this, decreasing on either side, until on a right side row, you decrease the last two stitches from the gusset. Do not turn. Instead, work the top of the foot. Once you finish the top, the next two stitches will be the ones you have not yet decreased from this side of the gusset. Knit these two together. Knit 5, k1 tbl, p1. Place marker for start of leg pattern. Leg: You should now have 64 stitches again—the 32 that have remained unchanged for the top of the foot, and 32 across the back. You should have 7 stitches already worked for the back, ending with a purl. The leg is worked as follows: Work V pattern, p1, work heart pattern, p1, work V pattern, p1, work heart pattern, p1. As you can see, both patterns have 1 row of patterned stitches, and one row of all knit stitches (with k tbl before and after the purl stitches). The first time you work the heart pattern, use this instead of the chart: Row 1: k1 tbl, k3, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, skp, k3, k1 tbl Row 2: knit all, knitting the first and last stitches through the back loop Row 3: k1 tbl, k2, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, skp, k2, k1 tbl Row 4 et seq: follow chart Continue working the pattern until the leg reaches the desired length. As pictured, 6 heart pattern repeats have been worked. Cuff: Work 10 rows of ribbing (I like to use k1 tbl, p1 for a snugger fit). Cast off with the tubular bind-off.

Heart Pattern:

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