Knitting Pattern for Summer Socks: Qi Hana Joukobu Darling Buds of May

Qi Hana Joukobu (Darling Buds of May)

These socks were designed to welcome the new summer season in the northern hemisphere.

Yarn and yardage

Novita Nalle (75 % wool, 25 % nylon; 100 g / 260 m), 100 g green The yarn suggested can be substituted by any other (preferably solid or semisolid) yarn that gives you the right gauge, e.g. Opal 6-fach or Gjestal Maija

Pattern: Tiina Kuu / Photos: Tiina Rammo

Gauge

27 sts and 38 rows = 10 cm in stockinette

Needles

80 cm long circular needle, 3,0 mm (or suitable to obtain gauge) for magic looping dpns can be used just as well; instructions are however given only for magic looping

Size

average female

Before you start

Charts are worked from right to left. Rows marked with an asterisk (\*) indicate that the last stitch of the round is not worked but slipped onto needle 1 and then worked as the first stitch of the round. Oi lhana Toukokuu page 1/6

Cuff

CO 54 sts and divide them as follows: 24 sts onto needle 1 (= the back of the cuff) and 30 sts onto needle 2 (= the front of the cuff). Join to begin working in the round. Work k3, p3 ribbing for 8 rounds. K1 and slip the st onto needle 2. Slip the first st on needle 2 onto needle 1. Work the sts on needles 1 and 2 according to chart A rows 1-20 once. Chart A is repeated four times on needle 1 and five times on needle 2. On chart row 12\* do not work the last stitch of the round but slip it onto needle 1 and work the stitch as the first stitch of the row 13. Slip the last stitch on needle 1 onto needle 2. From now on work sts on needle 1 according to chart B rows 1-34. On chart B rows 12\* and 32\* slip the stitches in the same way as on chart A round 12\*. Continue working the sts on needle 2 according to chart A. After you have finished chart B work the end of the round as established.

Heel

Slip the first stitch on needle 2 onto needle 1 (= 25 sts) and work the heel flap forth and back with these stitches. Work 24 rows in stockinette (knit the sts on the RS, purl the sts on the Ws). Slip the first st of every row of the heel flap. Work the round heel turn as follows: row 1 (RS): sl1, k14, ssk, k1, turn work row 2 (Ws): sl1, p6, p2tog, p1, turn work row 3 (RS): sl1, k7, ssk, k1, turn work row 4 (Ws): sl1, p8, p2tog, p1, turn work Continue the established pattern until you have decreased all side stitches and you have just worked WS row (= 15 sts). Turn work and continue working in the round.

Gusset and instep

Sl1, k14. Pick up and knit altogether 13 sts along the left edge of the heel flap and between the heel flap and needle 2. Work sts on needle 2 according to chart C row 1. Pick up and knit altogether 13 sts along the right edge of the heel flap and between the heel flap and needle 2. K28 (= 41 gusset and sole stitches on needle 1). From now on work sts on needle 2 according to chart C and knit the sts on needle 1. Work the gusset decreases on needle 1 as follows: ssk, knit until 2 sts remain, k2tog. Work the decreases on every other round until 25 sts remain on needle 1. After you have finished chart C on needle 2, knit all sts until work measures approx. 4 cm less than the desired final length. Slip the first and last sts on needle 2 onto needle 1 (= 27 sts on both needles).

Toe and finishing

On needle 1 work as follows: k1, ssk, knit until 3 sts remain, k2tog, k1. On needle 2 work in similar fashion. Work the decrease rounds on every other round for five times and on every round for four times until altogether 18 sts remain. Graft the stitches on needles 1 and 2. Weave in ends and block if desired.

Pattern: Tiina Kuu / Photos: Tiina Rammo

Chart A

Chart B

Chart C

knit (k) purl (p) yarn over(yo) slip, slip, knit (ssk) knit2 stitches together (k2tog) slip1,k2tog,passtheslippedstitchover make1stitchleaningleft(M1L) make1stitchleaningright(M1R) cable twist right (C1R) cable twist left (C1l)

Abbreviations

CO - cast on RS - right side WS - wrong side st(s) - stitch(es) k- knit p-purl M1L - make 1 left M1R - make 1 right sl - slip k2tog-knit 2 stitches together p2tog - purl 2 stitches together ssk - slip, slip, knit C1R - cross 1 stitch to the right: slip one stitch onto a cable needle and hold at the back, k1 and k1 from the cable needle C1L - cross 1 stitch to the left; slip one stitch onto a cable needle and hold at the front, k1 and k1 from the cable needle