Keeping it Cool
Summer Sock by Emer Thornbury
Introduction:
This is a summer ankle sock with two lacey panels, a cable down the centre and a picot bind off. It is knitted from the toe up, using Judy's Magic Cast On, on circular needle. Foot length is variable. Personally I knit them two at a time (TAAT), on a 1o0cm circular needle. If you are experienced, use the heel of your choice, otherwise the instructions for a short row heel using shadow wraps are provided.
Size and a note on fitting a sock:
Ladies M/L. Knit over 54 sts with stretchy pattern. To get a good fit in a sock it needs negative ease. This means you make it shorter than your actual foot length. My foot length is 10 inches long and I make my socks around 9 1%4 inches long. It should have negative ease in the width also. This sock has the stretchy lace panels which willfit a range of widths.
Gauge:
7 %2 stitches and 10 rows to 1 inch.
Needle Size:
2.25mm, U.s. 1, Imperial 13. Or size needed to achieve gauge.
Yarn:
A sock yarn with a recommended needle size of 2.25 - 3.25mm. U.s. 1-3. American Craft Yarn Council Standard Weight System category: 1 - Superfine. I used Garnstudio Fabel. 195 meters made the pair.
Notions:
Sewing needle, stitch marker.
Abbreviations:
| X | knit |
| p | und |
| St(s) | Stitch(es) |
| yo | yarn over |
| k2tog | knit 2 together |
| kfb | knit into front and back of next stitch, creating 2 sts from 1 |
| ssk | Slip one as if to knit, then knit the next stitch, then pass the slipped stitch over the knitted one |
| C2-F | Slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold at front of work, k2 sts, then k2 sts from the cable needle |
| C2-B | Slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold at back of work, k2 sts, then k2 sts from cable needle |
| K1tbl | prominent |
| Twinned knit st | Using the right needle, pick up the stitch below the one on the left needle and put it on the left needle, knit into the picked up stitch and slip it back to the left needle. The stich now has 2 stitches in one, twinned. |
| Twinned purl st | Slip the stifch fo the right needle. Using the leff needle, pick up the stitch below the slipped one. Purl this as normal and slip both back to the left needle. The stich now has 2 stitches in one, twinned. |
| Triplet knit st | When you reach the twinned stitch, using the right needle, pick up the stitch below the twinned one and put it on the left needle, knit |
| into this stitch and slip it back to the left needle. The twinned stich is now a triplet. | |
| Triplet | |
| Slip the twinned stitch to the right needle. Using the left needle, | |
| purl st | |
| pick up the stitch below the slipped one. Purl this as normal and slip | |
| all back to the left needle. The twinned stitch is now a triplet. |
Instructions:
Cast on:
Cast on 22 sts using Judy's Magic Cast On. Front set are the instep, back set for the sole. Round 1 - knit all Round 2 - (on 27 instep sts) kfb, knit to second last st, kfb, k1 (on 27 sole sts) kfb, knit to second last st, kfb, k1 (4 sts increased on this round) Repeat round 1 and 2 until there are 54 sts for each sock. 27 on both sides. Next 2 rounds - purl the 27 instep sts and knit the 27 sole sts.
Chart:
| V | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| O | O | C | 2 | B | O | O | V | ||||||||||||||||||
| V | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| V | O | O | V | O | O | ||||||||||||||||||||
| O | O | C 2 | F | O | O | V | |||||||||||||||||||
| V | V | V | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| O | O | O |
| V | ktbl |
| und | |
| O | yo |
| / | K2tog |
| ssk |
Instructions:
| Round 1 | (on the 27 instep sts) kltbl, p2, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, p2, kltbl, pl, k5, p1, kltbl, p2, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, p2, kltbl (on the 27 sole sts) knit all |
| Round 2 (and all even rows) | (on the 27 instep sts) kltbl, p2, k4, p2, kltbl, p1, k5, p1, kltbl, p2, k4, p2, kltbl (on the 27 sole sts) knit all |
| Round 3 | (on the 27 instep sts) kltbl, p2, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, p2, kltbl, p1, kl, c2-F, pl, kltbl, p2, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, p2, kltbl (on the 27 sole sts) knit all |
| Round 5 | (on the 27 instep sts) kltbl, p2, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, p2, kltbl, p1, k5, p1, kltbl, p2, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, p2, k1tbl (on the 27 sole sts) knit all |
| Round 7 | (on the 27 instep sts) kltbl, p2, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, p2, kltbl, p1, C2-B, kl, p1, kltbl. p2, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, p2, kltbl (on the 27 sole sts) knit all |
Continue repeating the above lines until you are 1 %2 inches shorter than finished length. Pattern across the instep once more and commence the heel instructions. Keep a note of the last line of the pattern you have just done.
Heel:
Using only the 27 heel sts. Knit 25, shadow wrap the next stitch. Turn. (you will have a single stitch at the start of the row then a twinned stitch) Purl to the second last stitch, shadow wrap next stitch. Turn. Knit to one stitch before twinned stitch, shadow wrap the stitch. Turn. Purl to one stitch before last twinned stitch, shadow wrap the stitch. Turn. Continue on in this way until you have 9 sts left in centre, 8 twinned sts on either side and one single stitch at either end. Knit across to first twinned stitch, knit this stitch, shadow wrap the next stitch, Creating a triplet. Turn. Purl across to first twinned stitch, purl this stitch, shadow wrap the next stitch, Creating a triplet. Turn. Knit across to triplet stitch, knit this stitch (k all 3 together), shadow wrap the next stitch, creating a triplet. Turn. Purl across to triplet stitch, purl this stitch (p all 3 together), shadow wrap the next stitch, Creating a triplet. Turn. You will only ever have one triplet on either side. Continue on in this way. On knit row with only one triplet, knit the triplet, leave the last stitch unworked. Turn. Slip the first stitch. Purl to last triplet, purl the triplet, leave the last stitch unworked.Turn. Slip the first stitch. Knit to end of row.
Leg:
You are now knitting the leg in the round. Front sts - continue in pattern over the front 27 sts. Back sts - knit every round in the following rib: kltbl, pl to the end. Repeat for 10 rounds. Then change the instep pattern to the rib below: kltbl, pl to the end. Repeat for 10 rounds. Next round: purl all sts. Next round: k2tog, yo to the end of the round. Next round: purl all sts.
Picot Bind off:
Bind off one st, (slip st to the left needle, cast on 2 sts, bind off those 2 sts, then bind off next 3 sts) repeat to the end. Pull yarn through last stitch, weave in ends.
Useful Links:
Youtube clip on short row heel with shadow wraps by Miriam Felton (14 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUR5iCQJuLU Youtube clip on Judy's Magic Cast On (12 % mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pmxRDz-cwo
