Terrified a the thought of knitting socks? This pattern will calm your fears and warm
your toes. From "Knitty Gritty" episode DKNG-803
Cookie A., a San Jose–based knitwear designer who specializes in socks, shares a lacy
pattern knit from the toe up. The benefit of knitting a sock from the toe up is that it's
easier to orient yourself within the stitch pattern — and you can try them on as you go
to figure out how long you want them.
This lacy sock is knit from the toe up — a great technique for the sock novice.
Materials:
1 skein Blue Moon Fiber Arts™ Socks That Rock™ heavyweight
1 set double-point needles, US size 4 (or size to obtain gauge)
2 stitch markers
tapestry needle
Gauge: 24 sts and 36 rounds = 4" over stockinette
Size: woman's medium
Abbreviations:
co cast on
k knit
k2tog knit 2 together
m1 make 1
p purl
p2tog purl 2 together
rs right side
ssk (slip, slip, knit) slip a stitch as if to knit to right-hand needle, slip a second
stitch as if to knit, slip both stitches back to left-hand needle and knit together
through
back loops
sssk slip next 3 sts knitwise, one at a time, to right needle, insert left needle
back into front of these 3 sts, knit them together
st(s) stitch(es)
w&t wrap and turn
ws wrong side
yo yarn over
Toe:
Using the figure-8 method, co 16 (8 sts on each of 2 needles) (figure A).
Plain round: K all sts.
Increase round: [K1, m1, k to 1 st before end of needle, m1, k1] twice.
Divide 20 sts evenly among 4 needles (figure B). Work Increase round every other
round until there are 48 sts.
Figure A
Figure B
Next Cookie A. uses a chart to start the 6-row lace pattern, involving yarn-overs and
right- and left-leaning decreases. To make yarn-overs smaller when needed, simply skip
the yarn-over and pick up the yarn on the next row instead. She continues to work in
the lace pattern until the sock measures 3-1/2" less than the length of the foot, and
then she begins gusset increases.
Lace stitch
Leg:
The leg will be worked in the round over all 48 sts.
[K1, p2, work next row of Lace Pattern, p2, k1] twice.
Repeat round until leg is 6" from end of heel.
Ribbing:
Work 1x1 rib: k1, [p2, k2] to last st in round, k1.
Repeat 2x2 rib round until ribbing measures 1". BO using sewn bind-off and weave in
ends using tapestry needle.