Spring Blooms Sock Knitting Pattern by Marcy Vandale - A Gradual Mystery Unfolding with Nature’s Renewal

Steppiugstoue Fiber Creatious by Marcy vaudale

THE MYSTERY OF SPRING

I love Spring. It means warmer weather and a fresh perspective. The grey and dirty snow banks give way to the annual burst of color! One day I look outside at the brown limbs of the kids favorite climbing tree and almost magically, the next day the tree is covered with a green haze as the tree starts to bloom. Walk outside and there

are new signs of growth and color from the tree tops to the ground underfoot. That's what this sock design feels like to me. It develops slowly and over a month's time, the mystery is revealed \~ just like the spring landscape. The motifs were chosen especially to welcome the newness of Spring.

Enjoy the blooms of Spring!

Materials

\*Knitted Wit Superwash Merino Fingering (400 yards /100 g) 1 skein (or similar fingering weight yarn) \*Size 1 (2.25 mm) (long) circular or double pointed needles OR size to obtain gauge Photographs courtesy of Debbi Stone, The Stitches of My Life Designs. Spring is already blooming in her neck of the woods! \*Cable needle \*tapestry needle Gauge 32 st and 48 rows per 4 inches in stockinette stitch Finished Size(approx) Adult Small (Medium): 7 (8) inches circumference unstretched and 6 inch leg

Notes:

These socks are knit top down, from cuff to toe using your favorite sock knitting method. The cuff is deceiving in its sizing and appears larger than it really is. Trust the sock. The sock is designed to fit a variety of leg/ankle shapes.

Abbreviations:

cn: cable needle k: knit k2tog: knit 2 together p: purl p2tog: purl 2 together PM: place marker RS: right side skpo: slip 1 knitwise, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over s2kpo: slip 2 as if to knit 2 together, k 1, pass 2 slipped stitches over sl: slip (purlwise unless otherwise instructed) SM: slip marker ssk: slip 1 knitwise, slip 1 knitwise, k these 2 sts together st(s): stitch(es) WS: wrong side yo: yarn over

Key:

Leaf inset stitches \~ work rows 1-5 of Leaf pattern in these stitches

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CLUE 1

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Cuff

Using longtail method, cast on 60 (68) sts. Place marker and join to work in the round being careful not to twist. (Slip marker every round.) Picot edge: Rounds 1-5: k. Round 6: \*p2tog, yo\* repeat from \* to \* around. Rounds 7-ll: k. Round 12: Joining live sts and cast on edge, fold WS together. \*With left needle pick up first stitch cast on, k2tog (first stitch and st from cast on edge). Repeat from \* around until hem is secured > 60 (68) sts. Round 13: \*pl, kl\* repeat from \* to \* around. Begin Little Leaf Rib, repeating it 15 (17) times around. Work Little Leaf Rib pattern twice and then rounds 1-6 again until 30 rounds have been completed. Next, work 3 rounds as follows: Round 1: p. Round 2: k. Round 3: p.

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Note: Work the Leaf pattern as an inset (over 1 stitch and 5 rows) as shown on the Little Leaf Rib chart.

Little Leaf Rib (multiple of 4)

Round l: p, Leaf row l, p, k. Round 2: p, Leaf row 2, p, k. Round 3: p, Leaf row 3, p, k. Round 4: p, Leaf row 4, p, k. Round 5: p, Leaf row 5, p, k. Round 6: p, k, p, k. Round 7: p, k, p, Leaf row 1. Round 8: p, k, p, Leaf row 2. Round 9: p, k, p, Leaf row 3. Round 10: p, k, p, Leaf row 4. Round 1l: p, k, p, Leaf row 5. Round 12: p, k, p, k. Leaf (worked over 1 st and 5 rows) Row l: (k, yo, k, yo, k) all in one stitch. Row 2: k5. Row 3: skpo, kl, k2tog Row 4: k3. Row 5: s2kpo

? APRIL 2011 Marcy Vandale. All rights reserved.

CLUE 2

Leg Note: Leg will be set up so that 29 (33) stitches will be worked as front and 31 (35) stitches as back, centering thecable. Round 1: kl, Lace Cable round 1, k5 (9), Lace Cable round 1, kl, p2, (kl, pl) 4 (5) times, Lace Cable round 1, (pl, kl) 4 (5) times, p2. Continue working leg in this pattern until Lace Cable pattern has been worked 3 times. Work Round 1 once more.

Heel Flap

Work the heel flap back and forth over 31 (35) sts as follows: Next row (WS): turn work around, sl 1, (kl, p1) 4 (5) times, kl, work Lace Heel row 2, (kl, pl) 4 (5) times, k2.

Leg Patterw

Lace Cable ( worked over ll stitches) Round 1: p2, k1 tbl, yo, k2tog, pl, skpo, yo, kl tbl, p2 Round 2: p2, kl tbl, kl, kl tbl, pl, kl tbl, kl, kl tbl, p2 Round 3: p2, kl tbl, yo, k2tog, pl, skpo, yo, kl tbl, p2 Round 4: p2, kl tbl, kl, kl tbl, pl, kl tbl, kl, kl tbl, p2 Round 5: p2, kl tbl, yo, k2tog, pl, skpo, yo, kl tbl, p2 Round 6: p2, kl tbl, kl, kl tbl, pl, kl tbl, kl, kl tbl, p2 Round 7: p2, {sl 4 to cn, hold at back, k1, yo, k2tog, sl nearest stitch from cn to L needle and p st, then skpo, yo, k1 from cn}, p2 Round 8: p2, k1 tbl, kl, kl tbl, pl, kl tbl, kl, kl tbl, p2 Round 9: p2, k1 tbl, yo, k2tog, pl, skpo, yo, kl tbl, p2 Round 10: p2, kl tbl, kl, kl tbl, pl, kl tbl, kl, kl tbl, p2 Round 1l: p2, kl tbl, yo, k2tog, pl, skpo, yo, k1 tbl, p2 Round 12: p2, kl tbl, kl, kl tbl, p1, kl tbl, kl, kl tbl, p2 Lace Heel pattern (worked over 1l stitches) Row 1 (RS): p2, kl tbl, yo, k2tog, pl, skpo, yo, kl tbl, p2 Row 2 (WS): k2, p3, kl, p3, k2 ① APRIL 2011 Marcy Vandale. All rights reserved.

SPRING BLOOmS

Row 2 (RS): sl 1, (p1, k1) 4 (5) times, pl, work Lace Heel row 1, (pl, kl) 4 (5) times, p2. Row 3 (WS): sl 1, (kl, p1) 4 (5) times, kl, work Lace Heel row 2, (kl, pl) 4 (5) times, k2. Continue working rows 2 and 3 until flap is 2 inches long, ending after an odd (ws) row.

Heel Turn

Row 1 (RS): Sl 1, k17 (19), ssk, k1, turn. Row 2 (WS): Sl 1, p6, p2tog, pl, turn. Row 3 (RS): Sl 1, knit to stitch before the gap (created by turn on previous row), ssk, kl, turn Row 4 (WS): Sl 1, purl to st before the gap, p2tog, pl, turn. Repeat rows 3 and 4 until all stitches have been worked and 19 (21) stitches remain. kl tbl \~ k 1 through back loop yo \~ yarn over

See Round 7 \~ {bold italic lettering}