Time for yet another pair of mid-calf socks for my hubby. And timing was just right; I was about to head out for another work training. Little did I know (at that time), it would be my last training trip for a while. At the time of creating this sock, COVID-19 was running rampant in China and Italy. Spain wasn't hit hard yet and the Washington State was just showing signs of the pandemic to come. As I used my Lang Yarns Jawoll Color Superwash yarn and my 4" & 3" Chiaogoo interchangeables US 0 needles, I watched as the world got sicker and sicker, day by day; near the end of my trip, I wondered if I would even be able to go home. Fortunately, I made it home just in time; COVID-19 was just starting to rear it's frightening head (at a frightening speed) in the US.
On a happier note, I think I have finally found my groove on a "vanilla" pattern for Hubby's socks ๐; here's what I did:
1. I started with a Provisional cast on with casted on 50 sts (I literally copied what I did for sock v17).
2. K 1 straight row on each side, then connected in the round.
3. K 15 rows in the round as part of the foot portion.
4. Started the toes: with 25 sts on each side, splitting it up for 8 sts for big toe, 17
1. I started with a Provisional cast on with casted on 50 sts (I literally copied what I did for sock v17).
2. K 1 straight row on each side, then connected in the round.
3. K 15 rows in the round as part of the foot portion.
4. Started the toes: with 25 sts on each side, splitting it up for 8 sts for big toe, 17
sts for remaining toes.
5. Big toe:
- Row 1:
- Front: k to the 2nd to the last st, pick up 1 st below, for a total of 9 sts
- Back: k, pick up a st below, k to the end for a total of 9 sts
- Row 2:
- Front: k, pick up a st, k to the end, for a total of 10 sts
- Back: k to the last 2 sts, pick up a st below, k for a total of 10 sts
- Row 3: k
- Row 4-5 (2 rows): Follow Row 2 until there are 12 sts
- Row 6-11 (6 rows): k
- Row 12:
- Front: k to last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 11 sts
- Back: SSK, k to the end for a total of 11 sts
- Row 13:
- Front: SSK, k to the end for a total of 10 sts
- Back: k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 10 sts
- Row 14:
- Front: k to last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 9 sts
- Back: SSK, k to the end for a total of 9 sts
- Row 15: k
- Row 16:
- Front: SSK, k to the end for a total of 8 sts
- Back: k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 8 sts
- Row 17: k
- Row 18:
- Front: k to last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 7 sts
- Back: SSK, k to the end for a total of 7 sts
- Row 19:
- Front: SSK, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 5 sts
- Back: SSK, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 5 sts
- Row 20: same as row 19 continuing to decrease 2 sts, total of 3 sts on each side
- Bound off using the Kitchener stitch.
6. The rest of the toes:
- Row 1: k, picking up 4 sts on each side, for a total of 21 sts
- Row 2: k
- Row 3:
- Front: SSK, k to the end for a total of 20 sts
- Back: k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 20 sts
- Row 4: k
- Row 5:
- Front: SSK, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 18 sts
- Back: SSK, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 18 sts
- Row 6:
- Front: SSK, k to the end for a total of 17 sts
- Back: k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 17 sts
- Row 7:
- Front: k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 16 sts
- Back: SSK, k to the end for a total of 16 sts
- Row 8:
- Front: SSK, k to the end for a total of 15 sts
- Back: k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 15 sts
- Row 9:
- Front: SSK, k to the end, for a total of 14 sts
- Back: k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 14 sts
- Row 10:
- Front: SSK, k to the end for a total of 13 sts
- Back: k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 13 sts
- Row 11: k
- Row 12-17: same as Row 10 for 12, 11, 10, 9, 8 & 7 sts
- Row 18:
- Front: SSK, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 5 sts
- Back: ssk, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 5 sts
- Row 19: k
- Row 20: same as Row 18 for 3 sts
- Bound off using the Kitchener stitch.
stitches to start the foot.
10. With the leg done, it was time to cuff; Hubby said he wanted shorter ribbing this
- Row 16: pick up a st from the “front” side and put it on the “back” side; pick up a st from the “back” side, bringing it behind the st picked up from the “front” and put it on the “front” side. K these 2 sts together. Then k in the round. There should be 25 start on each side.
- Row 17-50 (49 rows): k, maintaining 25 sts on each side
- Row 51-59 (9 rows): pick up a sts below on each side, maintaining 26 sts on each side
- Row 60: pick up the first st, 9th st, 18th at & last st on each side for a total of 30 sts
- Row 61-65 (5 rows): k, maintaining 30 sts on each side
- Including the initial 15 rows, this came out for a total of 17 cm (6 3/4 in)
8. With the foot done, I started on the heel portion using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel
method.
- Row 108-119 (12 rows): Follow the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method until you have 10 twin stitches (sts) knits and purls sts on each side and 10 regular sts
- This came out to 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in).
- Row 120: as you "boomerang" back to the regular sts, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k2, ktog then continue using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method for a total of 27 sts
- Row 121-135 (15 rows): Continue using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method to turn the heel until you have a total of 27 sts again.
- Row 136:
- Left side: Since the left side ends on a purl side, k to bring you back to the correct side.
- Right side: k
- This came out perfect! :) *yay* :)
9. With the heel done, I finished off the leg:
- Row 137: k2tog on the first & last st, k in the round for a total of 28 sts for top side & 27 sts for the back side
- Row 138-141 (4 rows): k in the round, maintaining a total of 28 & 27 sts on each side
- Row 142: decrease 1 st on the top side for a total of 27 sts on each side
- Row 143-171 (34 rows): k, maintaining a total of 27 sts on each side
- Total length of the leg was 10 cm (4 in)
time (*yay* homestretch!):
- Row 172-196 (25 rows): complete cuff using 1x1 ribbing (27 sts on each side)
- Row 197: add 1 sts to each side for a total of 28 sts and continue 1x1 ribbing
- Row 198-217 (15 rows): complete cuff using 1x1 ribbing (28 sts on each side) for a total of 10 cm (4 in) of ribbing
- Bound off using a variation of the Estonian bind off, in which I picked up a stitch from the row below then used the Estonian bind off technique. :)
Yay! Another finished pair! ๐ And, just in time for my return flight! ✈️ (I was able to start working on a pair of socks for myself on the way home.)
Now, he's (slowly) getting a respectable collection of socks! ๐
Now, I'm sure you must be wondering: "Why are these socks called No Name?" Well, it's called No Name because I couldn't think of a name for it and neither could Hubby or my family (I actually polled my family to see if anyone had thoughts for a name for these socks)! Because no one could come up with a name (and I was dying to post this!), I just gave up and called these No Name socks. At least it has a name now and I can finally post this! ๐
Now, he's (slowly) getting a respectable collection of socks! ๐
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