Saturday, June 18, 2022

Serendipitous Match (aka Tabi Monogatari v47)

I loved my Short Fantasy so much, I needed moreSo, using my Footsyzz, my 4" & 3" Chiaogoo Interchangeable US 0 needles, various leftover sock yarns and my Cinderella Sock pattern

  1. Cast on a Provisional cast on with a total of 44 sts.
  2. K 1 straight row on each side, then join in the round.
  3. K 15 rows in the round as part of the foot portion.
  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").

  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. Row 21-24 (4 rows): k, maintaining 24 sts
  4. 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
  5. Row 26-28 (3 rows):  k, maintaining 26 sts
  6. 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)
  7. Row 30-61 (35 rows): k

Including the initial 18 rows, this came out for a total of 13 cm (5 1/4").

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:

   14. 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.
   15. Row 63-90: Follow the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method until you have 9 twin stitch 
         (ts) knits & purls sts on each side and 10 regular sts
   16. 
Row 91: as you "boomerang" back to the regular sts, K9, k2tog, k6, ktog then continue using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method for 9 twin sts, 8 regular sts and a total of 26 sts
   This came out to 3.5 cm (1 3/8”).  
   17. 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 a very short leg and cuff:
   18. Row 114-123 (10 rows): k in the round for a total of 27 sts for each side.
   19. Row 124-128 (5 rows): decreasing 2 sts, complete cuff using 1x1 ribbing, for a total of 25 sts for each side.
   20. 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 3 cm (1 3/8 in).

Look another finished pair🎉 *Yay*! 🙂🙌
It fits perfectly.
🙂  And, interestingly enough, the leftover yarns had blended so well with each other that you can't even tell that they're different yarns!😱😳😁🙌👍🎉🥳  How serendipitous! 😉😁

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