Can You Trust A Unicorn Fart? (aka Tabi Monogatari v13)

Time for another pair of mid-calf socks for my hubby.  I had Hubby riffle through my sock box and he found this: Unicorn Farts. Recall: I purchased this yarn in Seattle from Serial Knitters in Kirkland; it was called Unicorn Farts and I've heard of this legendary brand so, I simply had to pick something up and it was Unicorn Farts - the last one. Since Hubby found it and wanted his next pair made from this, I simply couldn't deny him (anyways, I suspect that there'll be enough leftover Unicorn Fart for me since his socks rarely take up an entire skein ;)). With Unicorn Farts in hand and my 4" Chiaogoo interchangeables US 0 needles, I casted on 50 sts based on my last sock for him. I tried it on his foot and it fit! ♡

Here's what I did:

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 to the 2nd to the last st, pick up 1 st below, for a total of 10 sts
• Back: k, pick up a st below, k to the end for a total of 10 sts
• Row 3: k
• Row 4-7 (4 rows): Follow Row 2-3 until there are 12 sts
• Row 8-16 (9 rows): k
• Row 17:
• 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 18: same as row 17 continuing to decrease 1 st on each side, for a total of 10 sts on each side
• Row 19: 
• Front: k2tog, k, to the end for a total of 9 sts
• Back: k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 9 sts
• Row 20-21 (2 rows): k
• Row 22:
• Front: k, to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 8 sts
• Back: SSK, k to the end for a total of 8 sts
• Row 23-24 (2 rows): k
• Row 25:
• Front: k2tog, k to the end for a total of 7 sts
• Back: k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 7 sts
• Row 26: 
• Front: k2tog, ssk, k, k2tog for a total of 4 sts
• Back: k2tog, ssk, k, k2tog for a total of 4 sts
• 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 2 sts on each side, for a total of 19 sts
• Row 2:
• Front: k2tog, k to the end for a total of 18 sts
• Back: k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 18 sts
• Row 3 - 5 (3 rows): k
• Row 6: 
• Front: k2tog, k to the end for a total of 17 sts
• Back: k to the last 2 sts, ssk for a total of 17 sts
• Row 7:
• Front: k to the last 2 sts, ssk 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, ssk for a total of 13 sts
• Row 11-12 (2 rows): k
• Row 13-18: same as Row 9-10 for 12, 11, 10, 9, 8 & 7 sts
• Row 19:
• Front: k2tog, k to the last 2 sts, ssk for a total of 5 sts
• Back: ssk, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 5 sts
• Row 20-21 (2 rows): k
• Bound off using the Kitchener stitch.

    The rest of the toe came out to 4.5 cm (1 7/8 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. Then k in the round. There should be 26 start on each side.
• Row 17-86 (70 rows): k, maintaining 26 sts on each side
• Row 87: k, pickup 1 st below, k5, pick up 1 st below, k13, pick up 1 st below, k to the last 2 sts, pick up 1 st below, k for a total 30 sts on each side
• Row 88-91 (4 rows): k, maintaining 30 sts on each side
• Including the initial 15 rows, this came out for a total of 19 cm (7 1/8 in)

8. With the foot done, I started on the heel portion using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel

method. 

• Row 92:
• Right side: k the “top” portion, moving 1 st from the “back” side for a total of 31 sts; start the heel on the “bottom” portion
• Left side: pick up 2 sts and move it to the “top” portion for a total of 29 sts then start the heel as you’re already on the “bottom” portion
• Row 93-104 (12 rows): Follow the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method until you have 7 twin stitches (ts) knits and purls sts on each side and 13 regular sts
• This came out to 3.5 cm (1 ⅜ in).
• Row 105-119 (15 rows): Continue using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method to turn the heel until you have a total of 27 sts again. 
• This came out perfect! :) *yay* :)

9. With the heel done, I finished off the leg:

• Row 120: picked up 2 sts on each side, k in the round for a total of 32 sts for each side
• Row 121: k2tog, k in the round for a total of 31 sts for each side
• Row 122: k2tog, k in the round for a total of 30 sts for each side
• Row 123-139 (17 rows): k in the round, maintaining a total of 30 sts on each side
• Row 140: decrease 2 st on each side for a total of 28 sts on each side
• Row 141-145 (4 rows): k, maintaining a total of 28 sts on each side
• Row 146: decrease 1 st on each side for a total of 27 sts on each side 
• Row 147-160 (14 rows): k, maintaining a total of 27 sts on each side
• Total length of the leg was 8.5 cm (3 3/4 in )

10. With the leg done, it was time to cuff; Hubby said he wanted shorter ribbing this 

      time (*yay* homestretch!):

• Row 161-170 (10 rows): complete cuff using 1x1 ribbing (27 sts on each side)
• Row 171: add 2 sts to each side for a total of 29 sts and continue 1x1 ribbing
• Row 172-206 (35 rows): complete cuff using 1x1 ribbing (29 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. :) 

The total length of the leg and cuff was 18 cm (7 1/8 in).

Yay! Another finished pair! :) And done in record time!