Come Dancing: A Top-Down Lace Sock Knitting Pattern Inspired by Garden Gates

Come Da ancing

@ 2008 Laurie Lee/Alarming Female Design

Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate Come Dancing by The Kinks With a stitch pattern reminiscent of a garden gate, Come Dancing is top-down sock with a straightforward yet interesting lace motif. SIZE: To fit women's size medium to large. MATERIALS: Sundara Sock Yarn (100% superwash merino; 350 yards per 100 gm skein); one skein; Orchid. Set of five double pointed needles, US size 1 %2 (2.5 mm). GAUGE: 8 sts/inch in stockinette st knit in the round. NOTE: The Craft Yarn Council's list of standard abbreviations for knitting are available at http://www.yarnstandards.com/knit.html or refer to your favorite basic knitting guide. INSTRUCTIONS: Using long tail cast on, CO 64 sts onto one of five dpns. Distribute sts evenly over four needles (16 sts each). Join sts, being careful not to twist. Remaining yarn tail marks the beginning of the rnd. From this point, needles are numbered 1, 2, 3, & 4. Cuff: Knit five rnds. Next rnd, [k 2tog, yo], rpt to end of rnd. Knit six rnds. Fold cuffto the inside; on first st of next rnd, insert needle k wise into first st and then pick up outside leg of first st on cast on edge; knit these two sts together. Continue picking up edge sts and knitting them together with active sts until rnd is complete. Knit one rnd. Leg: Begin lace pattern as follows or use chart below. Pattern is a 16 sts, 16 row repeat. K each 16 st rpt 4 times per rnd. Rnd 1 - [k 6, k 2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k 5] ; rpt 3 more times each round. Rnd 2 - [k 5, k 2tog, k 1, yo, k 1, yo, k 1, ssk, k4] Rnd 3 - [k 4, k 2tog, k 1, yo, k 3, yo, k 1, ssk, k 3] Rnd 4 - [k 3, k 2tog, k 1, yo, k 5, yo, k 1, ssk, k 2] Rnds 5-8 - [k 2, k 2tog, k 1, yo, k 7, yo, k 1, ssk, k 1] Rnd 9 - [k 1, yo, ssk, k 11, k 2tog, yo] Rnd 10 - [k 1, yo, k 1, ssk, k 9, k 2tog, k 1, yo]. Rnd 11 - [k 2, yo, k 1, ssk, k7, k 2tog, k1, yo, k1] Rnd 12 - [k 3, yo, k 1, ssk, k 5, k 2tog, k 1, yo, k 2] Rnds 13-16 - [k 4, yo, k 1, ssk, k 3, k 2tog, k 1, yo, k 3] KNIT SYMBOLS

CHARTED LACE PATTERN

Rpt these 16 rnds three more times (4 rpts total) Heel Note: In order to center the lace pattern over the instep, one st must be transfered from the sts used for the heel flap to the instep sts. To do this, after the last ston Rnd 16, k 1 more st from needle #1 using needle #4. Needle #4 now has 17 sts. Heel Flap: The heel flap is worked back and forth on needles #1 & 2. On needle #1, k 14, m1 by knitting through the back loop of next st and then knitting through the front loop. Needle #1 now has 16 sts. K across needle #2, turn. Sl 1, p31, turn. Row 1 - Sl 1 st p wise with yarn in back (wyib), k 31, turn. Row 2 - Sl 1 st p wise wyib, p 31, turn. Rpt these two rows 15 additional times for a total of 32 rows. Turn Heel: Row 1 -k 18, ssk, k 1, turn. Row 2 - Sl 1 p wise wyif, p 5, p 2tog, p 1, turn. Row 3 - SIl 1 p wise wyib, k to one st before the gap, ssk, k 1, turn. Row 4 - Sl1 p wise wyif, p to one st before the gap, p 2tog, p 1, turn. Repeat Rows 3 & 4 untilall heel sts are used up, ending with 18 sts on a purl side row, turn. Gusset: Knit across half the heel (9 sts) with needle #4, knit remaining heel sts with needle #1; with same needle, pick up 16 sts along edge of heel flap plus the bar between corner of heel and instep sts (26 total). Work in pattern Rnd 1 across instep, knitting the one extra st at the end of needle #3. Pick up the bar between last instep sts and heel flap, pick up 16 sts along edge of heel flap, k 9 sts across heel. The center of the heel marks the new beginning of the rnd. K9 heel sts, k17 picked up sts through the back loop (tbl), work two repeats of Rnd 2 of lace pattern (plus 1 st) across instep, k 17 picked up sts tbl, k 9. Next Rnd, k to 3 sts before the instep, k 2tog, k 1. Work two repeats of Rnd 3 of lace pattern (plus 1 st) across instep; k1, ssk, k to end. Work next rnd without decreases, knitting in pattern (plus 1 sts) across instep and in stockinette st on underside of foot. Continue working these two Rnds until all extra instep sts are decreased (64 sts on needles). Foot: Continue working through four rpts of lace pattern; finished sock will have a total of 8 pattern repeats. After final pattern rnd, decrease one st in center of instep to bring instep sts down to 32. Try on the sock, and knit additional rnds in stockinette st for length, if needed. Begin toe decreases when sock is 1 % inches shorter than desired final length. Toe: Starting at the beginning of the rnd, knit to within 3 sts of the end of needle #1, k 2tog, k1. On needles #2 & 3, k 1, ssk, knit to within 3 sts of the end of needle #3, k 2tog, k1. On needle #4, k 1, ssk, knit to end. Knit one rnd. Repeat these two rnds until there are 32 sts left on the needles; at this point, work decreases as above on every rnd until 8 sts remain. Graft these 8 sts together using kitchener st. Weave in ends. Pattern and images copyright 2008 by Laurie Lee. All rights reserved. Visit my blog at htp://www.alarmingfemale.com