Free Pattern Phursday - Four

This week's pattern is a top up, magic loop sock with a gussetted heel. Lots of technique to keep you thinking, but an easily memorized stitch pattern to simplify things. If you don't know how to magic loop or how to cast on using Judy Becker's brilliant method, I have linked to tutorials for both. The magic loop tutorial is the best I have ever seen!

Frederick is named in honour of my grandfather, for whom the original Knittin' for Britain knit many a pair of socks. By the time I was eight, Granddad had taught me how to use (what seemed to me) all the tools in his workshop. He helped me shape legs for a table on his electric lathe, how to use both an electric and manual drill. He was the person responsible for me never getting lost.

One day when I was about 5 and my cousin Deb was 4, he took us for our regular Sunday walk to the stockyards and then to a restaurant for hot chocolate. On the way home, he stopped walking and said, "Okay girls, you lead me home." We were terrified - we didn't know where his house was! So he taught us then and there that we should always look for landmarks so we would be able to find our way back. And we did find our way back with a little help from him. He passed away in 1968, and we all still miss him so very much. He was a grand dad.

Frederick
Magic Loop Toe Up Herringbone Lace Sock

1 skein Mazinaw Dyeworks semi solid sock yarn

1 set 2.5mm 40” Addi Turbo circular needle

Gauge: 28 stitches and 40 rows to 4 inches in stocking stitch

Stitch pattern:

Row 1: k1 *k3, yo , k3, k2tog repeat from * to end of round

Row 2 and 4: knit all stitches

Row 3: *k2tog, k3, yo, k3 repeat from * to end of round, ending with k4

Toe:

Using Judy Becker’s “magic cast on”, place 16 stitches on each needle – 32 stitches total. Knit 1 round plain.

Begin toe increases:

Round 1 needle 1: *kfb, knit to last 2 stitches, kfb, k1*, repeat from * to * on needle 2

Round 2 both needles – knit all stitches.

Repeat rounds 1 and 2 until 32 stitches on each needle. Next round on needle 1: knit 15, kfb, knit to end of round. 33 stitches on needle 1, 32 stitches on needle 2

Foot:

Do stitch pattern on needle 1, knit plain on needle 2 until sock is 3” less than total foot length.

Heel flap:

Knit across needle 1 in pattern, slip the first 6 stitches from needle 2 onto needle 1 and slip the last 6 stitches from needle 2 onto needle 1. 20 stitches remain on needle 2.

Working back and forth on these 20 stitches –

Row 1: *s1, k1* repeat from *to* across row

Row 2: s1, purl to end of row

Repeat these 2 rows a total 19 times, then repeat row 1 once, ending with a purl row facing.

Turn heel:

S1, purl 10 p2tog, p1, turn- 6 stitches remain unworked

S1, knit 3, ssk1, k1, turn – 6 stitches remain unworked

S1, purl 4, p2tog, p1, turn – 4 stitches remain unworked

S1, knit 5, k2tog k1, turn – 4 stitches remain unworked

S1, purl 6, p2tog, p1, turn – 2 stitches remain unworked

S1, knit 7,ssk, k1 turn – 2 stitches remain unworked

S1 , purl 8, p2tog, p1 turn

S1, k9, ssk,  k1 - 12 on needle

Begin gusset:

Pick up and knit 20 stitches along side of heel flap, pick up stitch in corner, knit the 6 stitches on hold from needle one. Knit across 33 stitches of needle 1 in pattern, moving the last 6 stitches on hold back to needle 2.

Knit the 6 stitches on hold from needle 2, pick up 21 stitches along side of heel flap – 66 stitches total on needle 2.

Knit 1 complete round – needle 1 in pattern, needle 2 knit plain.

Begin decreasing for gusset. On alternate round decrease 2 stitches as follows: knit 6, ssk knit to last 8 stitches, k2tog, k6. Knit second round plain. I find it easiest to work the pattern rounds and decreasing rounds at the same time. That means you only have to pay attention every other round with a plain knit round in between. Continue decreasing as set out above until 32 stitches remain on needle 2. Begin working needle 2 in pattern. On every 4th round you will need to move the last stitch from needle 1 onto needle to to facilitate the ssk. You’ve done nothing wrong – the pattern shifts so you will need to move the stitch.

Cuff:

Work in pattern until sock cuff is 7 inches or desired length from top of heel. Work k2 p2 ribbing for 2 inches. Bind off using sewn bind off.

You can knit a plain toe up sock pattern using this as a guide, just eliminate the stitch pattern and work plain in stockinette (knit every row) and reducing the number of stitches on needle 1 to 32.

Abbreviations:

SSK         slip, slip, knit           K2tog       knit 2 stitches together

K             knit                          P2tog       purl 2 stitches together

P              purl                          YO           yarn over

KFB         knit into the front and the back of  the stitch, making a two stitches out of one

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