Antimony Designs
Water Rescue Socks
By Natalia Marek http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/water-rescue-socks
Size:
Women's medium
Yarn: Needles: Gauge:
100gm Fingering weight sock yarn Size 1, 2.25mm 8st/in
When I was looking to come up with a name for these socks, I kept looking for a graceful and elegant name. Unfortunately, the first thing that came to mind when I looked at the stitch patern was the rope ladders they hang from helicopters to rescue people from the ocean. The garter waves evoke the water, and the yarn over columns look to me like the ladders. So much for an elegant name, eh? Ribbing: $\star_{\mathsf{p}1}$ ,k2, $\mathsf{p}1^{\star}$ repeat between stars until end of round Work 12 rows of ribbing pattern Leg: Work chart 20 times
Heel Flap: The hee flap is worked in a patern stitch that continues down from the patterned leg Set UpRow 1: p4, k9, p4 turn work Set Up Row 2: k4, p9, k8, p9, k4, turn Hee flap pattern: (repeat twice across width of flap)
Work heel flap pattern 17 times (or more if you have a high instep) Heel turn: This sock is knit with a half-handkerchief heel turn Row 1: k17, ssk, k1, turn Row 2: sl1, p1, p2tog, p1, turn Row 3: sl1, k2, ssk, k1, turn Row 4: sl1, p3, p2tog, p1, turn Row 5: sl1, k4, ssk, k1, turn Row 6: sl1, p5, p2tog, p1, turn Row 7: sl1, k6, ssk, k1, turn Row 8: sl1, p7, p2tog, p1, turn Row 9: sl1, k8, ssk, k1, turn Row 10: sl1, p9, p2tog, p1, turn Row 11: sl1, k10, ssk, k1, turn Row 12: sl1, p11, p2tog, p1, turn Row 13: sl1, k12, ssk, k1, turn Row 14: sl1, p13, p2tog, p1, turn Row 15: sl1, k14, ssk, k1, turn Row 16: sl1, p15, p2tog, p1, turn (18 st on needle) Row 17: sl1, k8 Gussets: You are now at the beginning of the round (place a marker if 2 circs/magic loop) pick up 18 st, plus one at the corner work in pattern across instep pick up one st in corner and 18 along gusset k9 Row1: k to instep, work in pattern across instep, k to end of round Row2: k to 3 st before instep, k2tog, k1, work in pattern across instep, k1, ssk, k to end of round Foot: knit sole plain and instep in pattern until sock is 1.5in shorter than the desired length of foot, end at marker
Toe:
Row 1: knit one row even Row2: knit to 3 st before instep, k2tog, k2, ssk, knit to 3 st before sole, ktog, k2, ssk, knit to marker Repeat rows 1 and 2 until 28 st remain Kitchener toe closed
