Valentine's Sock - Basic Pattern
Designed by Laura Todd, lauraltodd@gmail.com Size: Adjustable, any size foot with circumference of 8-9.5 in. Yarn: Nestucca Bay Yarn's Sportweight Superwash Merino Sock Yarn in #Dahlia ( $100\%$ superwash merino wool, 225 yd). 1 skein for women's socks, 2 skeins for men's socks.
Needles: Size3 $\left(3\:\mathrm{mm}\right)$ set of 5 double-pointed needles (dpns). Notions: Marker $({\bf m})$ , tapestry needle Gauge: $6.5\;\mathrm{st/in}$ in stockinette stitch (stst) Stitch key: $\mathbf{k}=\mathrm{Knit}$ $\mathsf{p}=\mathrm{Purl}$ $\mathrm{Sl}=$ slip stitch wyb $=$ with yarn in back wyf $=$ with yarn in front $\mathbf{ssk}=\mathbf{slip}\,1$ knitwise, slip 1 knitwise, knit both stitches together through the back loops $\mathbf{k}2\mathbf{tog}=\mathbf{k}\mathrm{nit}\:2$ stitches together $\mathrm{p}2\mathrm{tog}=\mathrm{purl}\;2$ stitches together rep $=$ Repeat Stitch Patterns: Ribbing - (K2, P2) repeat
Using dpns, loosely CO 56 st. Arrange sts on 4 dpns so that each dpn holds 14 st. Join rnd, placing marker on after the first stitch dpn 1, and knit in ${\tt k}2\,\mathrm{p}2$ rib for $1^{1}/{2}^{1!}$ $\left(4\thinspace\mathrm{cm}\right)$ . Record the number of rounds worked
Leg: Switch to stst and knit untilleg measures approximately 5.5 in. Record the number of stst rounds worked Heel: Heel Flap: Knit a partial rnd, ending before you work needle 4. The 28 sts on dpns 4 and 1 willbe used for the heel flap. Sl all heel flap sts onto one dpn. Row 1 (RS): (Sl 1 knitwise wyb, k) rep to end Row 2 (WS): Sl 1 purlwise wyf, p to end. Repeat Rnds 1 & 2 until heel flap measures 2 in. or the same number of rows as heel flap sts have been worked (28 rows). Turn Heel: Row 1 (RS): Sl 1 purlwise wyb, k15, ssk, k1, turn. Row 2 (WS): Sl 1 purlwise wyf, p5, p2tog, p1, turn. Row 3: Sl 1 knitwise wyb, k to 1 st before the gap formed on previous row, ssk, k1, turn. Row 4: Sl 1 purlwise wyf, p to 1 st before the gap formed on previous row, p2tog, pl, turn. Rep rows 3 & 4 until all heel stitches have been worked. 16 stitches remain. Gusset: Divide heel flap sts onto 2 dpns. Rnd 1: K across heel flap. Using dpn 1, pick up and k14 st from edge of heel flap, work 28 st on dpns 2 & 3; pick up and k14 along other edge of heel flap onto dpn 4, k8 st from the heel flap onto ndl 4. Rnd 2: K tolast 3 st on dpn 1, k2tog, k1; k28 on dpns 2&3; k1, ssk, knit to end Rnd 3: K all sts. Foot: Work foot in stst until it measures $2"$ less than the length of the foot. Record number of rnds worked on foot Rnd 1: Using dpn 1, $^{\ast}\mathrm{k}$ to three st from end of needle, k2tog, kl; on next dpn, kl, ssk, k to end of dpn; rep from \* on dpns 3 & 4. Rnd 2: K all stitches. Repeat rnds 1 & 2 until 16 stitches remain. Graft remaining stitches together using Kitchener Stitch or sew closed.
