All Knit Up Designs
Ravelry: sierrak2010
Instagram: allknitup
Blog: allknitup23.blogspot.com
400 yards fingering weight yarn (White Birch Fiber Arts 80/20 used in sample)
Needle: US 1.5 / 2.5mm (Needle Ambiguous, you can use your preferred sock knitting method i.e. DPNs, magic loop, 9 inch circulars, two circulars.)
Pattern uses Modified Eye of Partridge Heel Flap and Wedge Toe
Gauge: 34 stitches by 32 rows = 4 inches/10 cm in stockinette
Size: Women’s Medium size foot: US 8.5 / EU 39
Notions needed:
Two different stitches markers (One each for A and B)
Darning Needle for Kitchener and weaving in ends
K: knit
P: Purl
P2Tog: Purl two together
K2Tog: Knit two together
SSK: Slip, slip, knit
Sl: Slip
SM: Slip marker
WYIF: With yarn in front
WYIB: With yarn in back
(Unless otherwise stated Sl means slip one knitwise)
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Cast On:60 Stitches. (Place a marker at the beginning of the round)
Ribbing:
Knit 3, Purl 2 for 18 rounds
Leg:
Round 1: * K1, Sl1, K1, P2; repeat from *
Round 2: * K3, P2; repeat from *
Repeat these two rows for your preferred leg length. (I repeated the pattern rows twenty six times)
Heel Flap: (You will be working flat on half of your stitches)
If you are adding a contrast heel, start here with new color.
Turn work with wrong side facing, you will be working back across the last 30 stitches
Row 1: Knit 3, Purl 27
Row 2: Purl 3 * Knit 1, slip 1 knitwise with yarn in back * repeat to last 3 stitches, knit 3
Row 3: Knit 3, purl across
Row 4: Purl 3, * Slip 1 knitwise with yarn in back, Knit 1 * repeat to last 3 stitches, knit 3
Repeat these 4 rows eight times total (You will have 16 Garter bumps along the edge)
Heel Turn:
Row 1: Slip 1 purlwise wyif, P15, P2Tog, P1, turn
Row 2: Slip 1 knitwise wyib, K3, SSK, K1, turn
Row 3: Slip 1 pw wyif, P4, P2Tog, P1, turn
Row 4: Slip 1 kw wyib, K5, SSK, K1, turn
Row 5: Slip 1 pw wyif, P6, P2Tog, P1, turn
Row 6: Slip 1 kw wyib, K7, SSK , K1, turn
Row 7: Slip 1 pw wyif, P8, P2TOG, P1, turn
Row 8: Slip 1 kw wyib, K9, SSK, K1, turn
Row 9: Slip 1 pw wyif, P10, P2TOG, P1, turn
Row 10: Slip 1 kw wyib, K11, SSK, K1, turn
Row 11: Slip 1 pw wyif, P12, P2TOG, P1, turn
Row 12: Slip 1 kw wyib, K13, SSK, K1, turn
Row 13: Slip 1 pw wyif, P14, P2TOG, turn
Row 14: Slip 1 kw wyib, K 14, SSK
(You should have closed all ‘gaps’ and have 16 stitches from the heel flap and turn)
Gusset:
Now you will pick up and knit 16 stitches along the heel flap (one stitch for every garter bump)
Once you’ve picked up the first side of the gusset, pick up one extra stitch in between the gusset and top of the foot (This helps close up any small hole between gusset and foot)
Place marker A after picking up and knitting the stitch between gusset and foot
Work pattern across top of foot, place marker B.
Now pick up and knit one extra stitch between the top of the foot and the next side of the gusset, pick up and knit 16 garter bumps from heel flap. (You now have 80 stitches on your needles, 30 from marker A to B, 50 from marker B to A)
Knit one round plain (no increasing/decreasing, follow pattern at top of the foot)
After knitting this round, stop three stitches before marker A
Round 1: K2TOG, K 1, sm, work in pattern to next marker, sm, K 1, SSK , knit to marker A
Round 2: SM A, work in pattern to next marker, sm B, knit to three stitches before marker A
Repeat these two rounds until you have 30 stitches left between marker B and A
Foot:
Continue working in pattern across top of foot and knitting along the bottom until foot length measures 1.5 inches less than desired length.
Toe:
Start toe decreases three stitches before marker A (When knitting in the round becomes uncomfortable, switch to Double Point Needles)
Round 1: K2TOG, K1, sm, K1, SSK, knit to three stitches before next marker, K2TOG, K1, sm, K1, SSK
Round 2: Knit entire round
Repeat these two rounds until sock measures length of foot. (Stitch count will be determined by the length of your toe box.)
Complete the sock with a kitchener stitch. (Here are links to two different tutorials)
