Hand Knit Seamless Argyle Socks with Short Row Heels.
from The Knitting Fiend: http://www.thedietdiary.com/knittingfiend.
The directions to knit your sock are contained in three web pages. This page describes how to shape your sock. Instructions for how to knit the pretty Argyle pattern are provided in two separate pages. Click below to open them.
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Sock Pattern
The Argyle Sock Pattern is design by Lucia Liljegren. Numerical values are customized for your foot size and yarn gauge using the argyle sock pattern generator posted at http://www.thedietdiary.com/knittingfiend. Subscribers are given permission to access the program for a limited time period and print hard copies for personal use. These patterns may not be used for commercial purposes.
Specifications, materials and equipment. Size: - Ankle circumference: 8.4 inches.
- Foot length from heel to toe: 7.6 inches.
- Rib length 2 inches.
- Number of contrast diamonds: 2.
- Approximate sock length from floor to top of rib: 10.7 inches.
Gauge: | Equipment: - Quantity of yarn depends on thickness.
- Main: grey yarn. Contrast: charcoal yarn, Diagonal: white yarn.
- Two sets of double-pointed sock needles. Sizes: 1 US and 00 US.
- Stitch holder. (See discussion about stitch holders in Argyle pattern stitch discussion.)
- Stitch markers. (You may also use yarn threads or any small ring that fits over your needles.)
- 4 bobbins.
- Ruler or tape measure.
- Optional:Row counter.
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Abbreviations:
K=knit. P=purl. Sl=slip purlwise. YF = bring yarn forward to front of work. (This is what you do when you have been knitting and you get ready to purl.) YB = bring yarn to back of work. (This is what you do when you have been purling and you get ready to knit.) Basic stitch patterns for socks: Stockinet: When the outside of the stock is, knit all stitches. When the inside is facing, purl all stitches. 2 x 2 rib, knit circular: Must be a multiple of 4 stitches. All rows. #K2, P2# repeat. Notes: - If you use a row counter, increment it once every round when knitting circular. All row counts are incremental since the previous marker was set.
- If you have large calves, you may wish to knit the top of the sock with 1 size larger diameter needles than for the rest of the leg. This is the easiest way to increase the circumference of Argyle socks to accomodate your calves.
Instructions
The sock is knit in the following order: Cast On, Ribbing, Leg,
Heel, Foot and Toe. Each part is described below. The leg is decorated
with an Argyle pattern which is knit using short rows.
The directions for the Argyles are
provided after the shaping directions.
Preliminaries
Wind 2 bobbins with grey yarn and 2 bobbins with charcoal yarn.
Ribbing.
Using larger diameter needles and grey yarn cast on 60 stitches.
Distribute 60 sts onto smaller diameter needles.
Knit in 2 x 2 rib until work measures 2 inches.
Leg
Distribute 60 sts onto larger diameter needles.
Knit following Argyle stitch pattern directions until completed. Patterned region measures approximately 6.1 inches. (If you wish to knit a plain sock, just knit rounds until the sock is the length you desire.)
Optional: reset row counter. Knit an additional 0.8 inches in stockinet.
Row count = 8 rounds in stockinet.
On the final round, identify the 2 stitches under the edges of the charcoal diamonds.
These will be the edge stitches of the heel. Finish knitting just before
one of these edge stitches so that stitches underneath one diamond
can be reserved for the heel.
Heel
Place the most recently knitted 29 stitches on one needle; these
are the "instep" stitches. Wind rubber bands around the tips of these needles.
Place the remaining 31 stitches on the other needle; these are the "heel" stitches.
You will work short rows knitting back and forth over the heel stitches.
Work short rows: decreasing.
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Row 1: K30, YF, Sl1, YB, turn.
- Row 2: Sl1, P29, Sl1. Turn (29 sts in work.)
- Row 3: YF, Sl1, YB, K28, YF, SL1, YB, Turn.
Repeat rows 2 and 3 decreasing number of underlined sts
by 1 to row 18.
- Row 18: Sl1, P13, Sl1. Turn.
Place a marker. The toe will begin to fold as you proceed.
Work short rows: increasing
Row 1: YF, Sl1, YB, K13, K1 through wrap. Turn.
Row 2: Sl1,P14, P1 through wrap. Turn
Row 3: Sl1,K15, K1 through wrap. Turn.
Repeat rows 2 and 3 increasing the number of underlined sts by
1 until all 31 sts are in work (You have knit 18 short rows; this is a purl row.)
Prepare to knit in the round by distributing heel and instep stitches on at least 3 needles.
Knit 31 stitches across heel.
Round 1: M1, K29 instep sts, M1, K30 heel sts.
Round 2: K2tog. K29 sts, K2tog. K30 sts.
Notes:
1. You can "Make 1" (M1) using any method you like. I "M1" by
- passing the needle tip into the loop of the stitch 2 rows below the one I just knit.
- passing the tip into the loop of the stitch 1 row below the one waiting to be knit.
- knitting through both loops.
This makes a stitch with its "roots" holding the the heel stitches to the instep stitches.
These extra stitches are eliminated in the next row. This prevents a hole form forming.
2. If you don't mind seeing wraps on the side of your heel (and many people don't), don't bother to
knit or purl through wraps. Just knit those stitches in the normal manner. Knitting through
the wraps is less important here than when forming the diamonds!
Check Point
When you have completed the heel, lay the sock flat. The heel will look like a toe!
The heel was worked back and
forth over the stitches held on the top needle in the picture. It folded over itself as
I knit the increasing short rows. As indicated in the directions, I placed
a stitch marker after the decreasing short rows.
That marker is a strand of dark yarn at the top of the picture.
I also placed an extra marker in the final row I knit.
For your sock, the underside of the
heel adds 1.8 inches to the sock length from floor to cast on.
The side facing adds 2 inches to the foot length from heel to toe.
The lower needle holds the rows, and was not knit when making the heel.
Foot
Distribute 60 sts onto larger diameter needles. Place row marker.
Optional: set row counter to zero and click every round.
Knit in stockinet until work measures 4.4 inches from marker.
Row count is 44.
Toe
End a round knitting a stitch just below the point of a diamond.
Place a stitch marker you can slip on the right hand needle.
(I use little plastic rings or yarn tied into a loop.)
The marker is located after the diamond point.
The stitch just before the marker makes
an imaginary side seam for the toe.
Knit 30 stitches; place another stitch marker. This will also be just
after a diamond point.
You are now ready to knit the toe. To shape the toe, you will reduce
12 sts by decreasing 4 sts every other row, then
reduce 16 sts by decreasing 4 sts every row, and finally graft the toe.
- Round 1: Slip marker. SSK, K25, K2tog, K1.
Slip Marker. SSK, K25, K2tog, K1. (56 st remain.)
- Round 2: K round without decreasing.
Continue in pattern established by rows 1 and 2, decreasing
the number of underlined stitches by 2 every 2 rounds until a total 48 sts remain.
(Rounds = 6)
Now, continue working Row 1 of above pattern only,
until a total of 32 sts remain. That is, skip the rounds with no decreases.
(Total rounds in toe = 10).
The toe is approximately 1.1 inches long.
Graft top and bottom of toes, tidying up side seams. Remove markers.
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