The Year of Mid-calf socks (for my hubby) has been going s-t-r-o-n-g!🙌😁 I have been able to knit a pair in about two (2) weeks (if I don't get too distracted from my sweater project).😲🎉 🙌 (Staying at home all the time has helped!😁 ) Using my Fierce Fibers True Bruised Fairy yarn and my 4" & 3" Chiaogoo interchangeables US 0 needles, here's what I did: Follow the instructions used for 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
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
Yay! Another finished pair! 🎉 The name of this sock in English is Psychedelic socks; as you can see that the colorway is pretty wild (hence, its name 😉). It's actually one of the wildest colorways I've ever picked out so far! 😲🙃👍.
- 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, k in the round for a total of 29 sts for top side & 28 sts for the back side
- Row 138-141 (4 rows): k in the round, maintaining a total of 28 &29 sts on each side
- Row 142: decrease 1 st on the top side for a total of 28 sts on each side
- Row 143-146 (4 rows): k, maintaining a total of 28 sts on each side
- Row 147: decrease 1 st on each side for a total of 27 sts on each side
- Row 148-181 (39 rows): k, maintaining a total of 27 sts on each side
- Total length of the leg was 11.5 cm (4.5 in)
time (*yay* homestretch!):
- Row 182: add 1 st to each side for a total of 28 sts and continue 1x1 ribbing
- Row 183-21Q7 (39 rows): complete cuff using 1x1 ribbing (28 sts on each side) for a total of 11.5 cm (4.5 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. :)
