Saturday, April 30, 2022

Mecha Kucha Umai (めちゃ クチャ うまい) (aka Tabi Monogatari v44)

Hubby saw my Fantasy Shorties and wanted a pair of his own.  So, using a whole bunch of leftover sock yarns, his Footszy, and my 4" & 3" Chiaogoo interchangeables US 0 needles, here's what I did: Follow the instructions used for tabi v23.

1. I started with a Provisional cast on with a total of 50 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.
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.
    The big toe came out to 5.5 cm (2 in).
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.
    The rest of the toe came out to 4.8 cm (1⅝ in)
7. Then I went back to the bottom of the provisional cast on and picked up the 
    stitches to start the foot.
  • 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 17-86 (49 rows): k, maintaining 25 sts on each side
  • Row 87-95 (9 rows): pick up a sts below on each side, maintaining 26 sts on each side
  • Row 96: pick up the first st, 9th st, 18th at & last st on each side for a total of 30 sts
  • Row 97-101 (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 102-113 (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 114: as you "boomerang" back to the regular sts, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k2, k2tog then continue using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method with 10 twin sts and 7 regular sts for a total of 27 sts
  • Row 115-129 (15 rows): Continue using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method to turn the heel until you have a total of 27 sts again. 
  • Row 130: 
    • 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 & cuff:
  • Row 131: k in the round for a total of 29 sts for top side & 28 sts for the back side (slip 1 st from the front to the back)
  • Row 132-135 (4 rows): k in the round, maintaining a total of 28 &29 sts on each side
  • Row 136: decrease 1 st on the top side for a total of 28 sts on each side
  • Row 137-140 (4 rows): k, maintaining a total of 28 sts on each side
  • Row 141-154 (14 rows): complete cuff by decreasing 1 st on each side for a total of 27 sts on each side and using a 1x1 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. :) 
The total length of the leg and cuff was 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in).
Yay! Another finished pair! 🎉 

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