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charlotte's web
size: to fit women's size 5 UK/38 European finished measurements: foot flat: 3.75 inches leg flat: 5 inches cuff flat: 55 inches materials: yarn: Counting Sheep (Alpino Sockweight 50% Superfine Alpaca 50% Merino; 300 yds/100 g) needles:2.75 mm DPNs, set of 4 notions: scrap yarn of similar weight; $2.5\;\mathrm{mm}$ crochet hook; tapestry needle; one stitch marker gauge: 15 sts/2 in over Spider Web The idea for this pattern came to me when working in my garden ona bit of a cold afternoon. The amount of spiders that Iunearthed that decided tocrawlup mylegs whilst tidiedupthe weeds andrubble began tounnee me and I am not one to be scared of a few creepy crawlies in the garden! So the cralin spidee socs werebo,hain thecute litte bucreing and windin thei w p th front and back of my leg is a lot more appealing than the real thing! Enjoy knitting and don't be afraid!
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cast on:
toe
CO 8 provisional sts and work five rows in stockinette, ending on the RS. The needle your sts are on is Needle . Unravel the provisional cast-on edge and retrieve the 8 sts with a new needle [note: this can be finicky; if you find you only have 7 sts, m1 to compensate, by pulling up one st from below to serve as the 8th]. round 1: ki, yo, sl5 sts wyf, kto last st, yo, k2, m1, kto last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 2: (and all even rounds) k all sts round 3: ki, yo, k1, sl5 wyf, kto last st, yo, k2, m1, kto last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 5: k1, yo, k2, sl5 wyf, k to last st, yo, k2, m1, k to last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 7: k1, yo, k3, sl5 wyf, kto last st, yo, k2, m1, k to last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 9: k1, yo, k6, plk, k4, sl5 wyf, k to last st, yo, k2, m1, k to last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 1: k1, yo, k12, sl5 wyf, k1, yo, k2, m1, k to last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 13: k1, yo, k13, sl5 wyf, k2, yo, k2, m1, k to last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 15: k15, sl5 wyf, k to end With Needle 1, pick up and knit 1 selvage st (left side). With a new needle (now Needle 2), pick up and knit 1 selvage st, k4. With a new needle (now Needle 3), k4, pick up and knit I selvage st (right side). With another new needle, pick up and knit 1 selvage st, and knit across Needle 1. There are now 20 sts: 10 on Needle 1; 5 on Needle 2; 5 on Needle 3. Knit one round. Tip: thread the tail to use as a marker at the start of Needle 1. round 18: k all sts. You should now have a total of $^{48}$ sts shared between 3 needles; 24 on Needle 1 (top of foot) and 12 each on Needles 2 and $^3$ (sole) rounds 19 and 2o: k all sts foot Work Spider Web chart over Needle 1 and knit all sole sts until you have worked $70\%$ of the desired foot length. Begin heel at the end of Needle 1.
heel flap
Set up round: Needle : k3 frmNeedle 2; Needle 2:k all sts; Neede 3: k to last $^4$ sts, s $^3$ sts from Needle3 to Needle I, sl1 p-wise wyf row 1 (WS): k1, p to the last st, sli p-wise wyf, turn row 2 (RS): k to the last st, sll p-wise wyf, turn Repeat rows and2until entire sole inclusive of the flap measures $95\%$ of the desired foot length, ending on RS row.
heel turn, part 2
part 1
row 1 (WS): sl1 p-wise, p to the last 2 sts, turn row 2: (RS): sl1 k-wise, k to the last 2 sts, turn row 3: sl1 p-wise, p until 2 sts before the gap, turn row 4: sl1 $\mathbf{k}$ wise, k until 2 sts before the gap, turn Repeat rows 3 and $^4$ until there are 6 unworked sts.
row 1: pto2 sts before gap, ssp, pi, turn row 2: kto 1 st before the gap, kztog, k1, turn row 3: p to I st before the gap, ssp, pi,turn row $4!\,\mathbf{k}$ to 1 st before the gap, kztog, ki, turn Repeat rows 3 and $^4$ until all of the sts are worked Next round: pick up and k your slipped selvage sts down the side of the heel flap (this number wilvary according to how long you knit your heel flap; I had 12 slipped sts) and $\textbf{k}_{3}$ sts from Needle 1. Work established pattern over Needle 1 to last $^3$ sts. $\copyright$ loutheperson knits 2009 Loumms Year of Socks
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Trasfehmkttt yelastfthf hee lap and ks from Nedle 3. Knit to the end of Needle 3 The round begins at the star of the established pattern Needle 1: top of foot, Needle 2: right-hand side sts and heel, Needle 3: left-hand heel and side sts round 1: Needle : work established pattern; Needle 2: k to last 5 sts, ssk, k to end of needle; Needle 3: k3, kztog, k to the end round 2 (and ll even rounds): Needle : work established pattern; Needle 2 and $3:{\mathbf{k}}$ all sts round 3: Needle r: work established pattern; Needle 2: k to last $^4$ sts, ssk, k to end of needle; Needle 3 k2, ktog, k to the end round 5: Needle r: work established pattern; Needle 2: k to last $^4$ sts, sl-kztog-psso, yo, k1; Needle 3: ki, yo, k3tog, k to the end round 6: Needle r: work established pattern; Needles 2 and 3: k all sts Repeat rounds 5 and 6 until 12 sts remain on Needles 2 and 3. You should have $^{48}$ sts in total. leg Continue in established Spider Web pattern over Needle I and work Crawling Spider twice (two ful repeats of the 30- round chart) over Needles 2 and 3. Note nedle folous the spider we patern up t the uffst up Now work Calf Increases over needles 2 and 3 Work one more repeat of Crawling Spider (30 rounds) then begin cuff set up. You arenot necesarly goingtoend ona comleted patten repeat of the spider webchar;however, that isnot problem! This i just as far as your spiders span their web!
cuff set up
round 1: k16, m1, k16, m1, k16, m1, k16, m1 (increase of 4 sts taking total sts to 68) round 2-5: k1, p1 round 6: [ssk, yo] repeat to end round 7: k all sts cuff edging Set up for edging: k, place marker,begin dging round 1: \* [k, y]twic,[ssk, yo,]twice, sl-ktog-p2o, [yo, ktog]twic,[yo,k twice, epeat from \* toed round 2: k all sts Repeat rounds 1 and 2 six times in total. Bind off loosely.
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Spider Web Chart
round 1 (and all other odd rounds) k all sts roud2sysskygyyyyssysskygy kztog, yo,k1 roud4ksyskkyy syskkg round 6:k,y, ss, y, slkogo,y, kog, yo,kogy,I y, ss, y, ss, y, sltog, y,ktogyo, k round 8: k3, yo, ssk, k, ktog, yo, kog, yo,k,y, sk, yo, sk, k, kztog,y, k4 roud,kysk round 12: k3, kztog, yo, ki, yo, ssk, yo, sk, yo, slu-kztog-pso, yo, k2tog, yo, kztog, yo, ki,ssk, k4 round 4: k2, ktog, yo, k, y, ssk, yo, ssk, k, kztog, yo, ktog, yo,k3, yo, sk, k roud 16: , kogy,kg yo, k y, sk, y,sk,yo, lkog,y,kog y, ktog,y,k y, ss, y, sk, k round 18: kztog, yo, kztog, yo, k3, yo,sk, yo, ssk, k, kztog, yo, kztog, yo, k3, yo, sk, yo, ssk,k2 roud 2:ki, kogyo, ktog,yo,ki y,sk,y,ssk, y, slktogs,y,kztog,y,kzogy,k y, ssk, y, sk, y, ssk Crawling Spider (worked over 24 back of leg sts on Needles 2 and 3) First round: k all sts to begin Thisiial knit round is only worked at the vey begining of the back of leg and notrepeated as part of the pattern. round 1: k1, sl5 wyf, k to last 3 sts of Needle 2, ssk, yo, k2, yo, kztog, k to last 6 sts, sl5 wyf, k1 round 2: k all sts Repeat rounds 1 and 2 three times in total then work round 1 once more (7 rounds). round $8;{\bf k}_{3}$ plk, k to last 4 sts, plk, k3 round 9: k to last 3 sts of Needle 2, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, k to end
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round 1o: k all sts Repeat rounds 9 and 1o three times in total then work round 9 once more (7 rounds) round 16: k3, sl5 wyf, k to last 8 sts, sl5 wyf, k3 round 17: kto last 3 sts of Needle 2, ssk, yo, k2, yo, kztog, k to end Repeat rounds 16 and 17 three times in total then work round 16 once more (7 rounds) round 23: k5, plk, kto last 3 sts of Needle 2, ssk, yo, k2, yo, kztog, k to last 6 sts, plk, k5 round 24: k all sts round 25: kto last 3 sts of Needle 2, ssk, yo, k2, yo, kztog, k to end Repeat rounds 24 and 25 three times in total and then work round 24 once more (7 rounds) (30 rounds in total) Calf Increases Work as normal Craling Spider but increase by following: k, yo, k, yo, k, istead of: ssk, yo, k, yo, ktg on rounds 1,7, 1, 15, 19, 2, 2, 27. You willhave increased by 16 sts in total (8 on each needle) taking your total s to $64$ Abbreviations ssk: s12 sts $\mathbf{k}$ wise onto the right-hand needle,slip them back onto the left-hand needle then knit into the back of the both together kztog: k2 sts together sl1: s 1 St p-wise: as if to purl $\mathbf{k}$ wise: as if to knit plk: insert the right hand needle into the four loose sts from the bottom up, slip the next st off the left hand needle and with it still on the right hand needle insert the right hand needle back down through the four loose sts from the top; sl the st (which should have picked up the four loose sts into a gather) onto the left hand needle and purl this sts. wyf: with yarn in front psso: pass slipped st over sl2-k3tog-p2sso: sl 2 sts knit wise, k3tog, pass both slipped sts over (decrease of four sts) outhepersonisLluia Ssn h resiesin outh east London. This pattern is part of the Loumms Year of Socks and should only be distributed by permission of the designer. Questions and comments should be directed to loummsmail@googlemail.com
