Cherry tree fane
Pattern: Hanna-Kaisa Hamalainen Translation: sopaipillas When you gra yan and nedles the sofa in front of the television, something happens. You are enlightened by the fire of inspiration for α pattern, which means, this time around, by this childhood-favourite that is Mary Poppins. More specifically, the name of these wool socks (kirsikkatie means cherry tree lane in Finnish) comes from the famous zigzagging street where Mary Poppins arrives and where her story takes place. To knit these Mary Poppins-inspired socks, I couldn't but pick up some Maija yarn, (Maija means Mary in Finnish and Maija yarn is Q popular brand in Finland). But whichever sock yarn with the same weight will do.
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Material
2 skeins (100g) of Gjestal Maijα (85% wool, 15% αcrylic, 50g/130m) in grey (colorway 205)
Meedfes
Double pointed needles size 2,75 mm or size needed to get gauge. ne size, made for α foot which length is 23
JnBtructions
Right sock
Cast on 56 stitches and join in the round, dividing the stitches evenly over 4 double pointed needles (DPNs). Begin ribbing: k2 p2 repeat from \* until the end of the round, for l0 rounds. In the following round, \* transfer 2 stitches on a cable needle, bring it to the front of the work, p2, knit the stitches from the cable needle, k2, p2\* Repeat from \* until the end of the round. Follow the non-cable part of the pattern or just p2 \*k4, p4\*. Repeat from \* 5 times, k4 p2. Now begin with the cable pattern as follows: \* p2, transfer 2 stitches on a cable needle to the front of the work, k2, knit the stitches which are on the cable needle, p2\* Repeat from \* until the end of the round. Knit l round of ribbing (knit the knit stitches, p the purl sts). Following the cable pattern, \*p2, k2, transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle to the front of the work, p2, knit the stitches which are on the cable needle.\* Repeat from \* 6 times. Continue in ribbing p2, k2 for 6 rounds. Then p2, k2, p2 \* transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle to the front of the work, p2, knit the stitches which remain on the cable needle, k2, p2\* Repeat from until the end of the round. The last cable twist will be between this and the next round. Knit l round of ribbing (knit the knit sts, p the purl sts). Go back to knitting according to the cable pattern, always transferring 2 stitches on a cable nee dle to the front of the work when there are 4 knitted stitches ahead, k2, knit the stitches from the cable needle, purl αll the purl stitches. Knit l round of ribbing. Following the cable pattern, k2, p4, \*k2, transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle to the front of the work, p2, knit the stitches which remain on the cable needle, p2.\* Repeat from \* until the end of the round. You have now reached the last cable round. Notice that the last cable twist reaches the next round. Then continue in ribbing p2, k2 for a total of 8 rounds.
Heel
The heel is knit back and forth on the Turn the work. Slip the lst stitch purlwise and purl 27. Turn the work. Slip 1, k 27 From here on, continue knitting this way again for 25 rounds. On the right side, slip 1, kll. Make α decrease and k 1. Turn the work. Slip l purlwise and pll on the wrong side. p2tog, pl, turn the work. Slip 1 knitwise and knit back up to the last stitch before the previous turning Make a decrease and kl. Turn the work. Slip l purlwise and purl back up to the last stitch before the previous p2tog, pl. Continue like this until all the stitches have been worked and you reached the edge. Work the heel stitches in pattern on needles l and 4. With the lst needle, pick 14 more stitches for the heel. On the 2nd needle, k2 and begin knitting following the pattern. Begin knitting the stitches from the 2nd and the 3rd needles according to the lst row of the pattern. Knit the stitches from these needles until the end (just knit across). With the 4th needle, pick up 14 extra stitches for the heel as you did for the lst one.
Instep
Knit the stitches from the lst needle, until there are 3 sts left, k2tog, kl. Needles 2 & 3: knit across, as before. 4th needle: kl, make a decrease and knit till the end of the round. Knit the next round without decreases. Continue decreasing every other row at the end of the lst needle and at the beginning of the 4th needle, until you have 14 stitches on needles l and 4. Continue to knit the foot part of the sock according to the pattern until you have worked the chart once complete. ly and you're knitting it the second time at round 9. Now instead of following the chart pattern, just knit p2, k2, p2, k2, p2, on every row until the end of the sock.
Toe shaping
Begin toe shaping when you have about 4 cm left till you reach the end of the foot. Decreases of the socks in the pictures are started on the second repeat of the chart, at round 14. Knit the stitches from the lst needle until you have 3 stitches left. k2tog, kl. Kl from the 2nd needle, make α decrease, pl, k2, p2, k2, p2, knit until to the end of needle. Knit the stitches from the 3rd needle, until you have 3 stitches left on the left needle, k2tog, kl Kl from the 4th needle, make a de crease, knit to the end of round. Knit 1 plain round without any decreases. Then knit l decrease round and 1 plain round. Continue decreasing every round until you have 16 stitches left. Change to using just 2 needles and divide the stitches evenly so that you have 8 stitches on each needle: 8 stitches for the top and 8 for the sole. Cut the yarn leaving enough tail for the grafting. Graft the stitches together using kitchener stitch. Weave in ends.
Left sock
Knit the left sock in reverse. The chart is worked at the end of 3rd needle, 2 stitches before the left edge. Begin following the pattern from round 17.
transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle to the front of the work, p2, knit the stitches from the cable needle. transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle to the back of the work, k2, knit the stitches from the cable needle.
transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle to the front of the work, k2, knit the stitches from the cable needle. knit stitch
transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle to the back of the work, k2, purl the stitches from the cable needle. purl stitch
