Quinteysence Socks
Photos and text @TiiQ / kiertorata@gmail.com Pattern for personal use only. Quintessence Socks are essentially a pair of basic socks which are worked cuff down and include French heel. The original pattern is designed for fingering weight yarn but the basic concept can be adapted to any yarn weight. Feel free to play with the width and height of the columns, number of stitches, yarns and needle sizes. Instructions are written for magic looping but they can be adapted to dpns as well.
Yarw
Austermann Step Classic (75 % wool, 25 % nylon; 420 m / 100 g) or any other fingering weight yarn of your choice (l recommend solid or semisolid colour) You can use any yarn, just adapt the needle size and stitch number to meet your needs. In that case design the column widths (see charts A and B) yourself. Please remember to adapt the stitch and row counts of the heel flap as well as the toe decreases to suit your cO stitch count. An example of Quintessence Socks knit in worsted weight yarn will be published as Quintessence Il sockpattern.
Gavge
32 sts and 42 rows in stockinette = 10 cm
Needey
80 cm long circular needle, 2 mm (or suitable to obtain gauge) Size to fit an average female
Instructiowy: first sock
Cuff
CO 68 sts. Distribute sts evenly onto both needles of the circular needle. Join to begin working in the round, being careful not to twist. Work \*k1tbl, p1\* ribbing for 12 rounds. Slip the last stitch on the needle 1 onto needle 2. Now you have 33 stitches on needle 1 and 35 sts on needle 2. Needle 1 (the beginning of the round): work according to chart A1 Needle 2 (the end of the round): work according to chart B1 Work charts A1 and B1 six times. Heel anod gusset Heel flap is worked with the first 33 sts of the round (needle 1). Slip the first stitch of every row of the heel flap, otherwise work according to chart A1. Work chart A1 twice, then work rows 1-6 once more (heel flap now consists of 30 rows). Work the French heel as follows: row 1 (RS): sl1, k18, ssk, k1, turn row 2 (Ws): sl1, p6, p2tog, p1,turn row 3 (RS): sl1, k7, ssk, k1,turn row 4 (WS): sl1, p8, p2tog, p1, turn Continue the established pattern until all side stitches have been decreased and you have just worked Ws (= 19 sts). Pick up 15 sts along the both sides of the heel flap and one extra between heel flap and instep stitches. From now on knit the gusset and sole stitches. Work the instep stitches (needle 2) according to chart B1 as established. Work the gusset and sole stitches as follows: \*ssk, knit until 2 sts remain, k2 tog\* every other round until there are 33 sole stitches left. Continue the established pattern until foot measures approximately 4 cm less than the desired final length.
Toe
Work the instep stitches as follows: \*k1, ssk, work the established pattern until 3 sts remain, k2tog, k1\* every other round five times and then on every round five times. Work the sole stitches as follows: \*ssk, knit until 2 sts remain, k2tog\* every other round five times and then on every round five times. Now you should have 15 instep stitches and 13 sole stitches. Work instep stitches once more as follows: \* k2tog, work the established pattern until 2 sts remain, ssk\*. Cut the yarn and graft the instep and sole stitches together. Block if desired and weave in ends. If you prefer a stockinette toe, feel free to replace "work the established pattern" with "knit".
Instructiony: second sock
Work essentially as the first sock but replace charts A1 and B1 with A2 and B2, respectively. This way mirroring socks are created.
Photos and text @TiQ / kiertorata@gmail.com Pattern for personal use only.
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Chart key
knit onRS,purl onWS purlonRS,knit onWS
Abbreviations
cO = cast on RS = right side WS = wrong side st(s) = stich(es) k = knit p = purl sl = slip ssk = slip, slip, knit p2tog = purl 2 stitches together k2tog = knit 2 stitches together
Photos and text @TiQ / kiertorata@gmail.com Pattern for personal use only.
