The Footszy Cinderella Test (aka Tabi Monogatari v40)

Now that I got my Footsyzz, it was time to test our my Cinderella Sock pattern; using my Carlton Yarns Sock Weight yarn in their Birthday colourway and my 4" & 3" Chiaogoo Interchangeable US 0 needles, I casted on 44 sts and did the following:

1. I started with a Provisional cast on with a total of 44 sts.
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.
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4. Started the toes: with 22 sts on each side, splitting it up for 8 sts for big toe, 14 sts for remaining toes.
5. Big toe:

• Row 1:
• Front: k, m1, k to the to the last st, m1, k for a total of  10 sts
• Back: k, m1, k to the to the last st, m1, k for a total of 10 sts
• Row 2-15 (14 rows): k
• Row 16:
• Front: ssk, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog, total of 8 sts
• Back: ssk, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog, total of 8 sts
• Row 17-18 (2 rows): k
• Row 19: same as row 16 continuing to decrease 2 sts, total of the 6 sts on each side
• Row 20-21 (2 rows): k
• Row 22: same as row 21 continuing to decrease 2 sts, total of 4 sts on each side
• Bound off using the Kitchener stitch.

The big toe came out to 4.5 cm (1 3/4").

6. The rest of the toes:

• Row 1:
• Front: k to the end, pick up 4 sts, for a total of 18 sts
• Back: pick up 4 sts, k to the end for a total of 18 sts
• Row 2: k
• Row 3:
• 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 4:
• Front: ssk, k to the end for a total of 16 sts
• Back: k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 16 sts
• Row 5-6 (2 rows): k
• Row 7:
• Front: ssk, k to the end, for a total of 15 sts
• Back: k to the the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 15 sts
• Row 8: k
• Row 9-18: same as row 7 & 8, continuing to decrease 2 sts, for a total of 14, 13, 12, 11 & 10 sts on each side
  
• Row 19: same as row 9, for a total of 9 sts on each side
• Row 20: same as row 19, for a total of 8 sts on each side
• Row 21: k
• Row 22: ssk, k2, k2tog, k2 for a total of 6 sts on each side
• Row 23: ssk, k2tog, k2 for a total of 4 sts on each side
• Bound off using the Kitchener stitch.

The rest of the toe came out to 5 cm (2 in).

It fits like a glove:

Then I went back to the bottom of the provisional cast on and picked up the stitches to start the foot.

7. Row 19: 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 22 sts on each side.
8. Row 20: Pick up 1 st from below on the 1st and 2nd to the last st on each side to add 2 sts for a total of 24 sts on each side
   
9. Row 21-24 (4 rows): k, maintaining 24 sts
10. Row 25: Pick up 1 st from below on the 1st and 2nd to the last st on each side to add 2 sts for a total of 26 sts on each side
    
11. Row 26-28 (3 rows):  k, maintaining 26 sts
12. Row 29: Pick up 1 st from below and the 2nd to the last st on each side for a total of 28 sts (on each side)
    
13. Row 30-61 (35 rows): k

Including the initial 18 rows, this came out for a total of 13 cm (5 1/4").
Yes! Perfect! The calculations are right (although I must say, I was very skeptical about it as it didn't look like it was going to work!)!

With the foot done, I started on the heel portion using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method.  Since the method is copyrighted, here's the changes I did to make it work for me:

   17. Row 62: 

• Right side: K the "top" portion, start the heel on the "bottom" portion.
• Left side: start the heel as you're already on the "bottom" portion.

   18. Row 63-90: Follow the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method until you have 9 twin stitch 

         (ts) knits & purls sts on each side and10 regular sts
   19. Row 91: as you "boomerang" back to the regular sts, k2tog, k6, ktog then continue using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method for a total of 26 sts

   This came out to 3.5 cm (1 3/8”).  

   20. Row 92-113: Continue using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method to turn the heel 

         until you have a total of 26 sts again. 

This came out perfect! 🙂  *yay* 🙂

Turning the heel is always magical and never gets old:

With the heel done, I finished off the leg and cuff:
   21. Row 114-133 (20 rows): k in the round for a total of 27 sts for each side.
   22. Row 134-153 (20 rows): decreasing 2 sts, complete cuff using 1x1 ribbing, for a total of 25 sts for each side.
   23. 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. 🙂

The total length of the leg and cuff was 9 cm (3 1/2").

Look another finished pair! 🎉 *Yay*! 🙂🙌

It fits perfectly. 🙂