These socks give a subtle design (based on a quilt pattern) that works perfectly with the Panda Wool. You will notice the way the colors accent the design and almost line up with the sides of the boxes.

Gauge: 9 sts/in (36 Sts/10 cm) and 11 rows/in (44 rows/10 cm)
Size: Woman’s Med-Lg
Materials: 2-50 gr balls of Crystal Palace Yarns Panda Wool (bamboo-wool-nylon) (color shown is #9798  'red cinnamon')
Note: Panda Wool now replaced by Panda Superwash.

Crystal Palace Bamboo double point needles in size 1 (2.25 mm).
Tapestry needle for closing toes and weaving in ends.

Pattern Stitch Chart:
The blank squares are KNIT and the dot squares are purl.
The color makes it easier to follow the pattern.

Directions:
Cast on 72 Sts and join being careful not to twist when joining into round. Work 1 ½ in of K 2, P 2 ribbing.
K 1 round before starting the graph and decrease 2 Sts in this round as the pattern is a 10 St repeat.
Work two repeats of the graph for a short sock (a longer cuff will require more yarn).
K 5 rounds of plain St St so you don’t have the pattern at the top of the heel where your shoes rub.
Heel Flap:
Eye-of-Partridge Heel Flap:
All slipped stitches are slipped purl wise.
Row 1: Slip the first stitch, K1, slip 1 across, ending with K1.
Row 2: Slip the first stitch, P across.
Row 3: Slip the first two stitches, K1, slip 1 across, ending with slip 1.
Row 4: P across.
Repeat these 4 rows until you have 2 inches or the distance from your ankle bone to the floor. End after completing a Purl row.
Heel Turn:
Row 1: SL 1, K 19, K2 tog, K1 Turn.
Row 2: SL 1, P 5, P2 tog, P1 turn.
Row 3: SL 1. K 6, K2 tog, K1 turn.
Repeat rows 2 & 3 adding one more stitch to the center stitch count each time until you run out of stitches to do the K2 tog/P 2 tog, ending with a P row.
Gusset:
K across the heel turn sts then Knit up one stitch in every Slipped stitch on the edge and an extra stitch in the corner where the gusset and the instep stitches meet.( this prevents holes in that corner).
K across the instep stitches.
Knit up a stitch in the corner where the instep meets the gusset side then Knit up one stitch for every slipped stitch on the side of the heel flap.
Knit across heel turn stitches.
Decrease round*: K to within 2 sts of instep sts and K2 tog.
K across instep Sts.
Sl 1, K 1 Psso (pass slipped stitch over) Knit to end of needle.
K 1 round.* Repeat until you are back to 72 sts, then knit until you are 1 ½ inches from total length needed.
Star Toe decreases:
Round 1: K7, K2 tog, repeat to end of round.
Round 2: K all sts.
Round 3: K all sts.
Round 4: K 6, K 2 tog around.
Round 5: K all sts.
Round 6: K 5, K2 tog, repeat to end of round.
Round 7: K all sts.
Round 8: K4, K2 tog, repeat to end of round.
Round 9: K3, K2 tog, repeat to end of round.
Round 10:K2 K2 tog to end of round.
Round 11: K 1, K 2 tog to end of Round.
Round 12: K2tog around.
Cut leaving a 6 inch length of yarn and pull through all Sts on the needles and weave ends on the inside of the sock to secure.

Special Thanks to Nancy Wild for designing these Taos Twined Knit socks.
We will be featuring several other designs by Nancy soon. 
Visit Nancy's blog at warmandwildyarns.blogspot.com to see more of
her design work and learn about her yarn shop in Adrian, Michigan.

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or write to:
Crystal Palace Yarns, 160 23rd St., Richmond, CA 94804
phone: 510-237-9988,  fax: 510-237-9809