La Maison de Saba
Autumn Fires
Sock recipe for lacy-ish toe-up socks This is not a whole sock pattern, but rather a recipe to be supplemented with your favourite toe and heel. I prefer using short-row toe and heel constructions. A fabulous one can be bought on Ravelry for US \$ 1.o0 from the Sox Therapist: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fish-lips-kiss-heel This is a recipe for making socks which requires some knowledge on sock construction and your preferred sizing. Some hints on sizing are given, based on my gauge and sock size. The recipe gives hints and additional information that can be ignored ifyou use a different toe and / or heel construction or do not need a mini-gusset with the FLK heel.
Gauge 0n 10x10 cm:
32 stitches and 48 rows in stockinette after soaking Size: 56 stitches European 39 (UK 6, US 8.5), narrow feet
Notes and annotations
My sock measures 17cm circumference blocked, but unstretched, and fits a 21 cm circumference foot. Yarn: about 450 yards of Fingering (Solstice Yarn Poseidon shown in the pics)
Needles: 2.5mm (US 112)
Stitch pattern:
please refer to either chart or written instructions at the end of thisrecipe For a different size, you can of course adjust your needle size. As an alternative you can also do so. Don't forget that you can change the number of colours used to amazing effect, and that this project is a great stash buster; just change course, you could just dive in, changing colours when you feel inspired to your own sequence, I suggest trying The Random Stripe Generator. Of repeats. As shown here, the This is the Colour Sequence I used for my pillow. If you would like to use yarns when you run out of each colour. Autumn Fires, page 1 of 5
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| Instructions: | Personally,IliketousetheFish LipsKissHeel methodfor the toesaswell:withaprovisional |
| With size 2.5mm needle and using your preferred toe construction, cast on and work to a toe box of app. 5 cm lengthand56stitchescircumference. | cast-on cast on 29 stitches, workaFLKtoeon 1+10+7+10+1 stitches. Pick up |
| Divide your work in 2 29 instep stitches and 27 sole stitches The instep stitches are the beginning of your round. Knit 1 row in the round. | 28solestitchesfrom provisional cast on (the provisional cast on will give you one stitch less for the sole). |
| Start pattern on 29 instep stitches. Knit the sole stitches in | In row 1, decrease the number of sole stitches to 27! |
| plain stockinette. This applies to all rows of the foot! Work the 24 rows of the candle flame pattern 3 times or for | Ifyouwantto,you canmirror your left and right hand socks, whichiswhatI did. |
| the length you need. Work your heel in the last row of the third time of the pattern I need a mini-gusset for my chart, or any row according to desired length. | socks with the FLK Heel. |
| For a short row heel, continue in the round, working 12 rows (half a pattern repeat) with pattern on instep stitches and plain stockinette on the back of the leg (the former sole | After2.5timesworkingthe patterning,I started the shaping of the mini gusset: kfbateachendofsolestitches |
| stitches). In row 13 of the patterning, start working the back of the leg | every 3rd row 4 times. This gave me 35 sole stitches. In row 24 of the third timeworking |
| pattern. Please be careful to align the front and back of your patternsinthe correspondingrows! | the patterning, I did the FLK heelon2+1+9+11+9+1+2 stitchesand thencontinuedin |
| Knit to your preferred length (minus about 1 inch) in patterning, ending with either row 12 or row 24. | the round.I then gotrid off the mini-gusset by decreasing by 1 oneachside 4 times in every |
| Work 12 rows of twisted ribbing (knit through back loop 1, purl 1): start with knit through back loop (ktbl) on the first of your instep stitches, making sure to align the ktbl with the | 3rd row (12 rows). I knitatotalofthreetimes the |
| lone knit stitches in your pattern repeats (see second pic). | patterning (72 rows) after turning theheel andbeforethe |
| Bind off using your preferred stretchy bindoff method. | ribbing. |
| Weave in ends. | I very much like Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind off (SSBO): |
| Enjoy! | http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfal 109/FEATjssbo.php |
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| ① La Maison de Saba 2015 Autumn Fires, page 2 of 5 |
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| StitchpatternFOOT andFRONTOFLEG-written instructions (29 stitches) | Notes and annotations |
| ROW 1: p2, yo, k1, yo, p3, k2, k2tog, k3, p3, yo, k1, yo, p3, k2, | Pleasenote:The stitchcount varieswiththepattern.Youwill have a count of 29 after rows |
| k2tog, k3, P2 ROW 2 and all even numbered rows: knit the knits and purl the purls, PLEASE NOTE: yo count as knit stitches! | 11/12 and 23/24. |
| ROW 3: p2, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p3, k2, k2tog, k2, p3, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p3, k2, k2t0g, k2,p2 | |
| ROW 5: p2, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p3, k2, k2tog, k1, p3, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p3, k2, k2tog, k1, p2 | |
| ROW 7: p2, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p3, k2, k2tog, p3, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p3, k2, k2tog, p2 | |
| ROW 9: p2, k2, k2tog, k5, p3, k1, k2tog, p3, k2, k2tog, k5, p3, k1, k2tog, p2 | |
| ROW 11: p2, k2, k2tog, k4, p3, k2tog, p3, k2, k2tog, k4, p3, k2tog, p2 | |
| ROW 13: p2, k2, k2tog, k3, p3, yo, k1, yo, p3, k2, k2tog, k3, p3, yo, k1, yo, p2 | |
| R0W 15: p2, k2, k2tog, k2, p3, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p3, k2, k2tog k2, p3, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p2 | |
| ROW 17: p2, k2, k2tog, k1, p3, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p3, k2, k2tog, k1, p3, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2 | |
| ROW 19: p2, k2, k2tog, p3, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p3, k2, k2tog, p3, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p2 | |
| ROW 21: p2, k1, k2tog, p3, k2, k2tog, k5, p3, k1, k2tog, p3, k2, k2tog, k5, p2 | |
| ROW 23: p2, k2tog, p3, k2, k2tog, k4, p3, k2tog, p3, k2, k2tog, k4, p2 | |
| k-knitstitch | |
| p- purl stitch | |
| yo - yarnover | |
| k2tog -knit two stitches together | |
| ① La Maison deSaba 2015 | Autumn Fires, page 3 of 5 v. 1.0 |
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| Stitch pattern BACK OF LEG- written instructions (27 stitches) | Notes and annotations4 |
| ROW 1: p1, yo, k1, yo, p3, k2, k2tog, k3, p3, yo, k1, y0, p3, k2, k2tog, k3, p1 | Pleasenote:Thestitchcount varieswiththepattern.Youwill have a count of 29 after rows |
| ROW 2 and all even numbered rows: knit the knits and purl the purls, PLEASE NOTE: yo count as knit stitches! | 111/12 and 23/24. |
| ROW 3: p1, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p3, k2, k2tog, k2, p3, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p3, k2, k2tog, k2,p1 | |
| ROW 5: p1, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p3, k2, k2tog, k1, p3, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p3, k2, k2tog, k1, p1 | |
| ROW 7: p1, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p3, k2, k2tog, p3, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p3, k2, k2tog, p1 | |
| ROW 9: p1, k2, k2tog, k5, p3, k1, k2tog, p3, k2, k2tog, k5, p3, k1, k2t0g, p1 | |
| ROW 11: p1, k2, k2tog, k4, p3, k2tog, p3, k2, k2tog, k4, p3, k2tog, p1 | |
| ROW 13: p1, k2, k2tog, k3, p3, yo, k1, y0, p3, k2, k2tog, k3, p3, yo, k1, yo, p1 | |
| R0W 15: p1, k2, k2tog, k2, p3, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p3, k2, k2tog k2, p3, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p1 | |
| ROW 17: p1, k2, k2tog, k1, p3, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p3, k2, k2tog, k1, p3, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p1 | |
| ROW 19: p1, k2, k2t0g, p3, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p3, pk2, k2tog, p3, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p1 | |
| ROW 21: p1, k1, k2tog, p3, k2, k2tog, k5, p3, k1, k2t0g, p3, k2, k2tog, k5,p1 | |
| ROW 23: p1, k2tog, p3, k2, k2tog, k4, p3, k2tog, p3, k2, k2tog, k4, p1 | |
| k-knitstitch | |
| p - purl stitch | |
| yo - yarnover k2tog -knit twostitches together | |
| ① La Maison de Saba 2015 Autumn Fires, page 4 of 5 | V. 1.0 |
