Toe up ribbed instep baby socks
By Theresa Harmless Archer These socks are designed for typical babies feet. They have such a high instep because of Ithe baby fat.
Sizes 0-3 months (3-6, 6-9) largest size should measure at a size 4 toddler shoe. [Us 2 needles [9 st and 13 rows $=$ 1 inch Cast on 24 (28, 32 ) stitches using backward loop cast on or what ever you feel comfortable with Toe round 1 knit 1 inc, knit to last st inc, knit 1 round 2 and even rounds knit repeat round 1 and 2 until you have 40( 48, 56) stiches total $1^{\mathrm{st}}$ needle knit 1, $(\mathsf{p}2\,\mathsf{k}2)^{\star}$ to last 3 st p2 k1 $2^{\mathsf{n d}}$ needle knit continue for $2\,\%(\,3,\,3\,\%)$ inches Short row heel part 1 knit 19( 23, 27) bring yarn forward (yf) sl1 and bring yarn back (yb) purl 18( 22, 26) yf sl 1 yb continue until you have 6(8, 10) wrapped stitches per side
part 2
knit 8( 10, 12)"live" stiches pick up wrapped stitch an regular stitch and knit them together through the back loop (k2 tog tbl) turn purl 9( 11, 13) and pick up wrapped stich and regular stitch and purl them together through the back loop (p2 tog tbl) continue until you all wrapped stiches have been worked. You should still have 20( 24, 28) stiches continue needle 1 for both needles now until you reach desired height and bind off loosely.
