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Designed and knit by Laura Andersson for Crystal Palace Yarns
Inspiration: Color is fun for your little one. Pair these with the matching Stripey Baby Hat, and play with stripes and texture to make a sweet set that is a showcase for baby and for your work! The wee bit of elastic in the Panda Cotton yarn gives it a nice wearability with no sag. The socks are not knit as firmly as those for a child or adult since baby won't be wearing them out.
Level: Easy/Intermediate (knowledge working in the rnd, heel and toe shaping and twisted stitches recommended)
Size: Infant ~6 mo (15 in)
Materials:
Designer's Note: Baby socks do not need to have the foot knit as firmly as one would do for socks that are used for walking
Gauge: 8.5 sts per inch (42 sts/10 cm) over Stripey Rib pattern
Size: infants 3 (6, 9, 12) months
Abbreviations: beg- beginning;
CO- cast on; dpn- double pointed needles; K- Knit; K2tog - knit 2 sts together;
ndl- needle; P- Purl; PM- place maker; rep - repeat; sl1- slip one; St st -
stockinette stitch; YO - yarn over; PSSO - pass slip st over; rnd(s) - round(s);
st(s)- stitch(es); tog - together.
INSTRUCTIONS
Twisty Rib Hem: With MC, CO 36(44, 52) sts (the "cable cast on" was used). Join, being careful not to twist. PM. K 1 rnd. Work in Twisty Rib for 1 in.
Twisty Rib:
Rnd 1: *(LT, P2) around. (To work
the LT – k2tog but do not move the completed st to rt-hand needle; k into the
first st, move both sts to right needle, LT completed)
Rnd 2: *(K2, P2) around.
Begin Stripey Pattern.
Note: The pattern shown is for 6 mo size; use fewer stripes
for the 3 mo size, and more stripes for the 9-12 mo size. For an infant's sock,
the length of the foot from back of heel to start of toe should beg from cast-on
to start of heel should be about the same as the length of the sock leg from
cast-on to start of heel.
Stripey Pattern:
Rnd 1: With MC, K around
Rnd 2: With MC, *(K1, P1) around. Join CC1.
Designer's Note: Work the first stitch of a color change with both yarns. Carry the MC not in use up each round.
Rnd 3: With CC1, K around.
Rnds 4-6: With CC1, *(K1,P1) around. Cut CC1.
Rnd 7: With MC, K around.
Rnd 8: With MC, *(K1, P1) around.
Join CC2.
Rnd 9: With CC2, K around.
Rnds 10-12: With CC2, *(K1, P1) around.
Rnd 13: With MC, K around.
Rnds 14-18: With MC, *(K1, P1) around.
Rnd 19: With CC1, K around.
Rnds 20-22: With CC1, *(K1, P1) around. Cut CC1.
Rnd 23: With MC, K around.
Rnd 24: With MC, *(K1, P1) around. Cut MC.
Start Heel:
With CC2, K across 9(11,13) sts; turn, Sl1, P back across 18(22,26) sts.
Put rem sts on holder for instep.
Front: *(Sl1, K1) across, turn
Back: Sl1, *P across, turn.
Repeat these 2 rows until heel is 1(1, 1.25) in from start. End after completion of
back row.
Heel Turn:
Continuing with CC2, Sl1, K10 (K12, K14), K2tog, K1, turn.
On back, Sl1, P5, P2tog, P1, turn.
Front: Sl1, K across to 1 st before ‘gap'. K2tog, K1, turn
Back: Sl1, P across to 1 st before ‘gap', P2tog, P1, turn
Continue these 2 rows until all sts are ‘used up'. End on Back.
With CC2, Sl1 & K across .5 of the sts on the needle.
Cut CC2, Join MC.
With Ndl1, K across rem sts of heel; pick up Sl sts going down the side of
the heel. Pick up an extra st between heel side and instep. With Ndl2, work across as *(P1, K1). With Ndl3, pick up an extra st between instep and heel side; pick up the
Sl sts going up the side of the heel. K the rem heel sts.
Gusset Decreases:
Dec Rnd (every other rnd): K across Ndl1 to last 3 sts, K2tog, K1. Work Ndl2
in pattern; on Ndl3, K1, Sl1, K1, PSSO, K across.
Plain Rnd: K across Ndls 1 & 3, work Ndl2 in pattern.
Alternate Dec and Plain Rnds until 11 sts rem on each of Ndls 1 & 3.
Foot:
Stripey Pattern: Continue alternating Dec
and Plain Rnds for Gusset dec (until
11 sts rem on Ndls 1 & 3) while changing colors and working in pattern.
With MC, work 5 rnds of *(P1,K1) across instep.
Join CC2: K 1 rnd; work 3 rnds as *(P1, K1) across instep.
With MC: K1 rnd, work 1 rnd as *(P1, K1) across instep
With CC1: K1 rnd, work 3 rnds as *(P1, K1) across instep
With MC: K1 rnd, work 5 rnds as *(P1, K1) across instep
With CC2: K1 rnd, work 3 rnds as *(P1, K1) across instep
With MC: K1 rnd, work 1 rnd as *(P1, K1) across instep
Cut MC.
Toe: Join CC1, cut all other colors.
Dec Rnd: K across Ndl1 to last 3 sts, K2tog, K1. On Ndl2 - K1, Sl1, K1, PSSO;
K across to last 3 sts, K2tog, K1.
On Ndl3 – K1, Sl1, K1, PSSO, K across.
Plain Rnd: K across all needles.
Alternate Dec and Plain Rnds until 20 sts rem. Thereafter work Dec Rnds until 8 sts rem. Cut yarn, leaving an ~8 in end.
Finishing: With crochet hook or tapestry needle, pull end through each of 8 rem sts, and drop off ndl. Pull tautly and take end to inside of hat. Work in all ends. (Try a crochet hook for this - no need to thread needle and is very fast.)
Laura is the owner of Sirius Knitting Publications and can be reached at
April 2012