Beaded Rib Socks
I am a big fan of garter beading and it seems to crop up in many of my patterns. It's all over this one - and gives the rib a nice textured effect. These socks are worked toe-up with a provisional cast on and short-row beginning, and a short row heel. Topped off with my newly discovered (kind of) Perfect Stretchy Cast-Off. Incidentally, the pattern will work just as well if you decide to flip it over and use your favourite cuff-down heel and toe construction.
SIZE Women's small-medium
REQUIREMENTS
Yarn: 1 skein Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock Medium-weight (380yds/5.5oz) shown in colour: Midsummer Night. Needles: $2.5\mathrm{mm/80cm}$ circular needle for magic loop method. Notions: crochet hook and waste yarn for provisional cast on; stitch markers (optional). GAUGE 8 sts/inch in stocking stitch ABBREVIATIONS k- knit; p-purl; yb - take yarn back as if to knit; yf - bring yarn forward as if to purl; kwise - knit wise pwise - purl wise k2tog - knit next two sts together; k3tog - knit next three sts together; p2tog - purl next two sts together; p3tog - purl next three sts together; tbl - through back loops; yo － yarn over (the loop created by the paired stitch) rpt - repeat; m1 - make one; sm - slip marker; PATTERN NOTES The short row toe and heel are worked using a yarn-over method. Bringing the yarn forward or back before making a stitch creates a yarn-over pair, these pairs are worked in the second half of the short rows to close any gaps along the sides of the toe.
INSTRUCTIONS
Toe Using waste yarn, crochet a chain of around 35sts. Join main yarn and pick up and knit 30sts in back loops of chain. Row $1\colon\mathbf{k}$ to last stitch, turn Row 2: yb p1, p to last stitch, turn Row 3: yf k1, k to next yo pair, turn Row 4: yb pl, p to next yo pair, turn Repeat rows 3 and 4 until 9 stitches remain between the yarn-over pairs. To complete toe: Row 1: yf k1, k to next yo pair, $\mathrm{~k~}1^{\mathrm{{st}}}$ stitch of pair, slip next yo pwise and slip first stitch of next pair kwise, return slipped stitches to left needle and k2togtbl Row 2: yb p1, p to next yo pair, $\mathrm{~p~}1^{\mathrm{{st}}}$ stitch of pair, p2tog (next yo and $1^{\mathrm{{st}}}$ stitch of next pair) Row 3: yf $_{\mathrm{k}1}$ , k to next yo pair, $\mathrm{~k~}1^{\mathrm{{st}}}$ stitch of pair, slip next 2 yos pwise and slip first stitch of next pair kwise, return slipped stitches to left needle and k3togtbl Row 4: yb pl, p to next yo pair, $\mathrm{~p~}1^{\mathrm{{st}}}$ stitch of pair, p3tog (next 2 yos and $1^{\mathrm{{st}}}$ stitch of next pair) Repeat rows 3 and 4 until the final k3togtbl, there will still be yarn-overs at the other end of the needle. Commence working in the round. Unzip provisional cast-on and knit across the resulting 29 live sts, m1. Next round: k3tog (last two yarn-overs), k to end of round.
Instep
Commence beaded rib pattern Round 1: \*p1, k3, p1, rpt from \* five more times, $\mathbf{k}30$ Round 2: \*[p1, k1]twice, pl, rpt from \* five more times, k30. These two rounds form pattern. Repeat until foot measures $7^{\circ}$ from tip of toe, or until $2^{\bullet}$ short of back of heel.
Heel
The heel is worked in the same way as the toe, over the 30sts of stocking stitch on the sole of the foot. Setup: \*p1, k3, p1, rpt from \* five more times, Work short rows as for toe, beginning with Row 1. After the final k3togtbl is worked, recommence knitting in the round as follows: Next round: \*[p1, k1]twice, pl, rpt from \* five more times, k3tog, k29. Cuff Continue in beaded rib pattern, working rib all the way around cuff, until $1~\%$ inches short of desired length. Work round 1 of rib pattern only for $1~\%$ inches. Bind off as follows: k2, \*slip 2sts back to left needle, k2togtbl, k1, rpt from \* to end. Draw yarn through last stitch. Work second sock exactly the same, darn in ends and block if desired. This pattern is copyright $\copyright$ 2007 to Diane Mulholland. It may not be altered in any way and redistributed and garments made from the pattern may not be sold for profit.
