I wanted a pair of thick house socks for the lass to wear for the winter. She had a pair bought for her last year that she grew out of and I wanted to make her a nicer pair. These should fit a child between about 5 and 8, depending on how long you make the foot. (leg and foot are 9cm wide when laid flat)
yarn:
Jaeger Matchmaker DK- 2 balls needed
100% wool
machine washable
120m/131 yards /50g
Cost: £3.20/ball
Debbie bliss cashmerino DK
about 20 yards of this is needed as the contrast colour.
Both were chosen because I had them in the house and they are soft scrummy yarns that are a similar thickness. Any DK weight yarn would do fine.
Total cost: about £7
Also needed:
36 beads
optional: something for the sole. I cut up an old suede jacked that a friend gave me to use as material for this purpose. You could acquire leather in this way from charity shops, purchase it from a supplier, purchase ready made slipper soles or use some form of puffy paint or latex sole paint.
if using a separate sole, glue to attach sole, I use copydex.
gauge: 26 stitches and 34 rows per 10cm
needles:
3mm DPNs (US 2.5)
a tiny crochet hook for beading (I used a .75mm)
time 15 hours
Knitability: advanced beginner
If you've knit socks before, it's a simple and easy project on which to try out the basic fair isle and beading. Combining the two makes it a little more awkward, but the end result is pretty enough to make it worth doing. If you really can't face the beading, you can skip those bits while knitting and sew them on later.
To knit:
1. leg
Cast 48 stitches onto one needle. Beginning from the first stitch cast on, place first 14 and last 10 stitches onto separate needles. Knit 2 stitches from first needle onto last, creating a round. This is awkward to do, but it helps keep the join from stretching.
Work in 1x1 rib for 3cm (K1, P1, repeat and repeat and repeat)
Work in stocking stitch for a further 3cm (knit all stitches)
Now onto the charted section. I've shown a few repeats to give you the idea of how the pattern will look, but the repeat section is actually 8 stitches. Work from the bottom RIGHT hand corner.
The bead is placed as you knit the first green stitch of each 'stalk' and actually sits on the stitch above. To place bead, put bead over the crochet hook, catch stitch with the hook and remove it from the needle, pull bead over the stitch and replace stitch on needle.
For each 8 stitch repeat (each 8 stitch block is repeated 6 times for a complete round) :
row 1: (knit purple, place bead and knit green, knit 2 purple) x2
row 2 (knit purple, knit green, knit 2 purple) x2
row 3: knit purple, knit green, knit purple, place bead and knit green, knit purple, knit green, knit 2 purple
row 4-8: knit purple, knit green, knit purple, knit green, knit purple, knit green, knit 2 purple
Take care not to pull green yarn too tight or leave it too loose. If you pull too tight, it will affect the tension of the work, left too loose, it will get caught on small toes. If this is a particular concern to you, then the yarn can be tied in at the back on the second of every pair of purple stitches by wrapping the green yarn over the purple before the second purple stitch is made.
Break green yarn and continue in purple. knit 4cm in stocking stitch
Your work should look like this.
2. heel:
After the 4 inches of stocking stitch have been completed, knit the 12 stitches on the first needle. Then begin to knit only back and forth on the second needle with 24 stitches on it. Knit to end of this needle, turn work. slip first stitch and purl to the end of that needle. Working only on this needle complete these 2 rows:
row 1: slip 1, knit to end.
row 2. slip 1, purl to end.
Repeat these 2 rows 12 more times. Hell flap will be approximately 8cm long. After about half of this had been done, the stitches from the two remaining needles should be placed onto one needle. After the heel flap is completed, then turn the heel.
row 1: slip 1, knit 12, k2tog, k1 turn
row 2 slip 1, p3, p2tog p1 turn
row 3: slip 1, k4 k2 tog k1 turn
row 4: slip 1, p5 p2tog p1 turn
repeat pattern until there are 14 stitches on the needle.
knit 7 stitches onto one needle, knit the other 7 stitches onto a second needle and pick up stitches along the side of the heel flap, 13 along the side of the flap, where stitches have been slipped, and 2 in between slipped stitches and the front needle. knit across front needle and pick up 15 stitches along the other side of the heel flap. knit the first 7 stitches of the heel flap. You should now have 2 needles with 22 stitches and one with 24.
3. Foot
Knit first round of gusset, knit the stitches that have been picked up along the sides of heel flap twisted (knit through back loop)then knit as follows
round 1: knit to last 2 stitches of first needle, k2tog, k 24, , ssk, then knit to end
round 2: knit all.
repeat these two rounds until there are 12 stitches left on the first and third needles.
knit all rounds until sock measures 3.5cm from desired foot length.
4. toe
round 1: knit to 3 stitches from end of first needle, k2tog, k1, k1 ssk knit to last 3 stitches, k2tog, k1, k1 ssk, k to end
round 2. knit all stitches.
repeat these 2 rows until there are 24 stitches left in total.
Kitchener stitch toe and sew in ends.
optional: affix sole of your choice in the manner of your choice.
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