origami SOCks
Materials: 1o0g of your favourite sock yarn. We used Fame Trend from Marks and Kattens because of the gorgeous colour! Needles: 2.25mm (US 1) and 2.75mm (US 2) double point sets Tension: 32 sts = 4" on 2.75mm (US 2) needles
Sized to fit average adult
The toe and heels of the Origami socks look like they have been neatly folded from a flat piece of knitting. The toes are a modification of the Bosnian style sock toe. A rectangular piece is knit first, then stitches are picked up all the way around making a nifty sock that seamlesslyfolds around your toeslike a little envelope. The heel is worked by taking half of the heel stitches and working them together with the other half of the heel sts. At the same time, the other heel edge is decreased away, leaving a triangle shaped heel. When there is only one heel stitch left, you can go back into the round, picking up along the top edge of the heel triangle. Carry on in the round to complete thesock. The construction means there is very little counting involved when making the toe and heel. The shaping is very subtle and the socks themselves are very comfortable to wear. Self striping yarn looks really sharpwhenusedforthesesocks!
Sock #1
Toe: Using 2 of the2.25mm (US 1) double points, cast on 16 sts using your preferred provisional cast on method. Work back and forth for 32 rows in stocking stitch, slipping first st of each row. Foot: Next row (RS): Set up your 2.75mm (US 2) needles as follows: Needle 1: K 16 sts from the toe st needle. Needle 2: With a new needle, pick up and K 16 sts into the slipped sts down the left edge of the toe. Needles 1 and 2 will become your heel sts. Needle 3: Undo the provisional cast on edge and place the 16 live sts onto a new needle and K across. With the same needle, pick up and K 16 sts into the slipped sts along the right edge of the toe flap. Needle 3 will become your instep sts. Join into the round and knit until the sock measures from toe to heel of foot. Heel : Work back and forth as follows: Heel Row 1: Slip 1, K to last st of Needle 1. Slip last st of Needle 1 knitwise and slip first st of Needle 2 knitwise to the working needle in your right hand. Work these 2 sts tog as a SSK, turn. Heel Row 2: Slip 1, P to last 2 sts on Needle 2, p2tog. turn. Repeat the 2 heel rows until there are only 2 sts remaining. SSK. Work across the 32 instep sts on Needle 3. With a new needle, pick up and K 16 sts from top edge of heel, ending at the centre point, then with another new needle, pick up and K 15 sts across the remaining top edge of heel. Leg: Continue to work all 64 sts in the round, in stocking stitch until leg measures 8". Change to 2.25mm needles and work 10 rounds in stocking stitch. Cast off using larger needles as follows: K1, slip this st back to left needle and K2tog tbl. \*Slip last st worked back to left needle and K2tog tbl together with next st.\* Repeat from \* to \*
Sock #2
Toe: Cast on and work toe sts as given for Sock #1 until the 32 rows of the toe have been worked. Next row (RS): K16 from the toe st needle. Set up your 2.75mm (Us 2) needles as follows: Needle 1: With a new needle, pick up and K 16 sts into the slipped sts down the left edge of the toe. Needle 2: Undo the provisional cast on edge and place the 16 live sts onto a new needle and K across. Needles 1 and 2 will become your heel sts. Needle 3: With a new needle, pick up and K 16 sts into the slipped sts along the right edge of the toe flap. K the 16 original toe sts onto Needle 3. Needle 3 will become your instep sts. Join into the round and knit until the sock measures from toe to heel of foot.
Heel of Sock #2
K across Needles 1 and 2. Turn and work only the heel sts as follows: Heel Row 1: Slip 1, P to last st of Needle 2. Slip last st of Needle 2 onto Needle 1. Using Needle 2 as your working needle, P next 2 sts tog from Needle 1. Turn. Heel Row 2: Slip 1, K to last 2 sts of Needle 2, SSK turn. Repeat the 2 heel rows until there are only 2 sts remaining. SSK. Finish Sock #2 as given for Sock #1. Origami Socks by Ram Wools Yarn Co-op is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionShareAlike3.0
