LaughingWaves A tributetoGertrudeEderle
lot a person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars." Gertrude Eder At this point in our MKAL, you have clues for the ribbing and the leg pattern. Many of you are ready to knit clue #3 and some of you are waiting to start until all the clues have been released. Either way, have fun and enjoy the KAL! I used my personal favorite heel flap and heel turn for Laughing Waves because well, they make me happy and I love the fit. Certainly not all of you have this affection and feel free to substitute your personal favoritefor the socks. I thought a lot about different designs for the foot of the sock. In the end I continued it down the foot to give more flow to the pattern. I felt it would have a boxy look otherwise and I wanted to avoid that. By now you have the pattern repeat down pat and it will be an easy go for the foot. As with the heel, feel free to use a different stitch for the foot. I did knit the foot on smaller needles because I wanted the stitch to expand a little bit when worn. Depending on individual preference you may adjust as you wish. We allike to tweak the fit of our socks.
Change to US #1 % (2.5 mm) for the remainder of the sock!
HEEL FLAP/TURN
Turn and purl across 28 (30, 34) stitches placing them all on one needle. You will knit your heel flap over those 28 (30, 34) stitches. Begin knitting the heel flap.
Heel Flap Stitches:
Row 1: \*Slip 1(as if to purl, yarn in back), K1\* repeat from \*to\* to end of row. Row 2: Slip 1 purlwise with yarn in front, purl the remaining stitches to end. Repeat rows 1 and 2 until you have 26 (28, 30) rows TOTAL completed. Repeat row 1. Your yarn will be on the left edge of your heel flap with right side facing. Turn your heel as follows:
Heel turn:
Turn the heel by working short rows as follows: Short row 1: Slip 1, p15 (16, 18) p2tog, p1, and turn work. Short row 2: Slip 1, k5, k2tog, k1, and turn work. Short row 3: Slip 1, p6, p2tog, p1, and turn work. Short row 4: Slip 1, k7, k2tog, k1, and turn work. Short row 5: Slip 1, p8, p2tog, p1, and turn work. Continue back and forth in this fashion, adding one more knit or purl stitch before the missing "tooth" until entire heel is worked. There will be 18 (18, 20) stitches remaining on the heel after it has been turned. When the heel turning is completed, the yarn will again be on the left edge of the heel flap, looking at it with the right side facing. Combine the remaining stitches onto 1 needle which will be calledneedle 2.
GUSSET
| Laughing Waves Pattern for top of foot (knit over 28 (30, 34) stitches, 24 round repeat). |
| Combine the stitches for the top of the sock onto one needle.There are no changes in the stitches for the foot of the sock. Remember to start on Rnd. 13 if you knit a % repeat! |
| Gusset: A. With a third needle, pick up 16 (17, 18) sts. along side 1 B. Knit (in Laughing Waves Pattern for top of foot) across the next needle (3 "live" |
| needles in use) |
| C. With a fourth needle, pick up 16 (17, 18) sts. along side 2 D. Your sock is now on four needles. |
| F. Slide the remaining 9 (9, 10) stitches onto the other needle (you are dividing your heel flap). |
| E. Knit 9 (9, 10) stitches from the needles with the heel flap stitches onto the needle you just used to pick up the 18 stitches. |
You now have your sock on 3 needles. Knit 1 round, keeping in pattern for top of foot.
Gusset Shaping:
Round 1: Work the round as follows: Needle 1: Knit to last 3 stitches, K2tog, knit 1. Needle 2: Knit (keeping in pattern for top of foot). Needle 3: Knit 1, SSK, knit remaining stitches Round 2: Knit all stitches, keeping in pattern on needle 2. Repeat these 2 rounds until you reach the following stitch counts on the needle: Needle 1: 14 (15, 17) stitches Needle 2: 28 (30, 34) stitches (no changes on needle 2) Needle 3: 14 (15, 17) stitches Continue knitting on these stitches, keeping the pattern on needle 2 for 2 % repeats of the Laughing Waves pattern or as desired so there is 1 3/4" short of desired length. I'll be checking in as much as I can to see how everyone is doing. Have a happy week!
