Chocolate Parfait
by Deborah Tomasello
Modeled by Solange LaBonne HAPPY NEW YEAR! Debbie, from Knit Bin, and I have partnered up to bring you a series of warm, wooly socks to go with jeans. We will release one pattern a month for several months--enough to stock your sock drawer with the perfect socks to go with jeans. This release is Socks for Jeans #2: Chocolate Parfait. The pattern features an easy colorwork design, the Sweet Tomato Heel (STH) that allows the colorwork pattern to continue, uninterrupted through the instep, and wonderful yarn from Regia, the sock yarn people. The pattern includes instructions for women’s and tens′ medium and men's medium. There is a surprise in one of these socks: a well, hidden, narrow and comfortable-to-wear pocket just large enough to hold cash and a key. Knitnin.com will be offering the pattern and yarn as a kit, with special pricing. I will be offering the pattern in my Ravelry store. Because the socks will all be stranded, they will have double the wool for extra yummy winter warmth. www.knitbin.com Size: Teens and Women, medium, and Men's medium Materials: 1 skein each of Regia 4-ply sock yarn Regia 4-ply 00017 Light Camel Marl and 02903 Dark Brown (230 yds per skein 75% wool and 25% Polyamid) 5 DPNs size #3 (Plus one spare needle for working pocket, if desired) tapestryneedle Gauge: 32 stitches = 4” on #3 needles Abbreviations: K2TOG= knit 2 stitches together SSK= slip one stitch, then slip the next. Insert left needle into the front loops of the slipped stitches and knit them together from this position SOCKS (Make 2) Instructions: Socks are worked top-down. Teen and Women's info is listed followed by Men's in parentheses. NOTE: Float every 2-3 stitches to keep toes from getting caught in floats!
OPTIONAL SECRET POCKET:
Work chart through round 6. On round 7, knit first11 stitches. Leaving long tail (approx. 12"), detach Dark Brown. Using spare needle and Light Camel Marl, knit last 5 sts on needle one plus first 5 sts from needle two onto spare needle. You now have 10 sts on your spare needle. Turn. Work back and forth ON THESE 10 STS ONLY , in stockinette, for 18 rows. BO. Set spare needle aside. Leaving another long tail, CO 10 sts using Dark Brown. Picking up at the appropriate spot in the chart, knit, through the back loop, 5 sts of pattern, according to chart onto needle one. Knit the next 5 sts (through the back loop) plus 11 already on needle two, keeping pattern accurate. Complete round 7. Continue with chart and round 8 as written.
LEG:
With DPNs and Dark Brown CO 64 (72) sts, 16 (18) sts on each of 4 DPNs. Join to work in round, placing marker and being careful not to twist stitches (if using a circ needle). Knit 14 rounds 2x2 rib. On last round of ribbing, if knitting the Men's size, inc. 3 sts around. (18 sts on needle 1, 19 sts on needle 2, 20 sts on needle 3 and 18 sts on needle 4).After ribbing, begin following sock CHART A for Teen/Women or CHART B for Men. Continue working appropriate chart through round 49(48). Copyright ? 2014 by Deborah Tomasello All rights reserved. This pattern or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher. WARNING: Giving or accepting a free copy of this pattern to another, without permission of the designer, is stealing.
HEEL:
My socks feature the Sweet Tomato Heel (STH). You may use the heel of your choice, but I recommend one that does not employ a flap or gussets to allow for an even design flow through the instep. For a tutorial on the STH, see this video: http://tinyurl.com/ Once you understand how to knit the STH, proceed using the STH heel instructions, knitting heel with Light Camel Marl. Work three wedges on the 32 (36) sts on needles 1 and 4. Work wedges leaving 7 (8) stitch pairs on each side (4 heel sts left unpaired between pairs). Knit according to pattern across the instep stitches between wedges. Follow the chart for the instep stitches (the sts you have on needles 2 and 3). After working the first half of wedge one, work across the instep per round 50(49) of the chart, the 2nd wedge will use the appropriate part of round 51(50), and the 3rd wedge will use the appropriate part of round 52(51). Float, or knit every other stitch, Dark Brown down when starting each wedge so that it is placed at the beginning of the instep when you are ready for it. And work second half of wedge pick-ups by alternating colors as seen in pic. See my Youtube tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeryK-gB84M
FOOT:
Working all sts on circular needle or split evenly on DPNs as with leg, 16 (18, 19, 20, 18) sts on each of 4 needles Work chart from rounds 53-100 (52-104).
TOE:
Using both colors in stripes, decrease for toe as follows: Needle 1: K to last 3 sts of NEEDLE 1, SSK, K1 Needle 2: K 1, K2TOG, knit until the last 3 stitches of NEEDLE 3 Needle 3: K to last 3 sts, SSK, K1 Needle 4: K1, K2TOG knit to last 3 sts of NEEDLE 1 Repeat this until there are 7 (8) sts left on each needle. Place sts from needles 4 and 1 onto one needle: 14 (16) sts. Place sts from needles 2 and 3 onto another needle: 14 (16) sts. Jraft the remaining stitches together using Kitchener st, and weave in all ends
FINISHING:
With long tails left from detaching and CO pocket sts, sew pocket down to inside of sock. On the front of the sock, pick up the 10 CO st loops and, using Dark Brown, work a 2x2 rib (starting and ending odd rows with knit 2, and even rows with purl 2), back and forth for 6 rows. BO. Secure ribbing sides to sock. Tie and weave in or trim all yarn ends at beginning and ends of rounds. Wash & block to fit.
