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COLOR DISTORTIONS:
Right Card: SY27-Pine Tree is color of a Blue Spruce. Color
SY15-Jungle has green of SY27 and SY42. Color SY42-Mistletoe is a greyish
sage green.
| SIZE: Man's medium
(large) MATERIALS Brown Sheep Company's Wildfoote Luxury Sock Yarn (50g skein): 2 (3) skeins SY15 Jungle double-pointed needles (dpn) size 1 (2.5mm) Stitch markers GAUGE 30 sts and 38 rnds = 4"/10 cm in St st. TO SAVE TIME, TAKE THE TIME TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE. PATTERN STITCH Diagonal Rib Pattern (Mult of 6 sts) Rnds 1-4: *K4, p2; rep from *. Rnds 5--8: K3, *p2, k4; rep from *, end p2, k1. Rnds 9-12: K2, *p2, k4; rep from *, end p2, k2. Rnds 13-16: K1, *p2, k4; rep from *, end p2, k3. Rnds 17-20: *P2, k4; rep from *. Rnds 21-24: P1, *k4, p2; rep from *, end k4, p1. NOTE To make rib pat a mirror image on second sock, work diagonal rib pat in reverse order, from Rnds 24-1, beg with Rnd 20. SOCKS CO 68 (72) sts and divide evenly over 3 dpn. Place marker, join and work 2" in k2, p2 rib. Beg Diagonal Rib Pat, dec 2 (0) sts evenly spaced in first rnd-66 (72) sts. Work in pat until piece measures 8" from beg. Divide for Heel K next 33 (37) sts onto first dpn for heel, rearrange rem sts so they are divided bet 2nd and 3rd dpn. Turn; working back and forth on heel sts only, p across. Row 1: (RS) Sl1, *k1, sl1, rep from *. Row 2: Purl. Rows 3-33 (37): Rep Rows 1 and 2-16 (18) loops on each edge of heel flap, ending with a RS row. Turn heel (still working on 33 (37) sts of first dpn) Row 1: (WS) P19 (21), p2tog, p1, turn. Row 2: Sl 1, k6, k2 tog, k1, turn. Row 3: Sl 1, p7, p2tog, p1, turn. Row 4 Sl 1, k8, k2 tog, k1, turn. Cont to dec in same way, working 1 st more between decs on each row until 19 (21) sts rem, ending with a RS row. GUSSET Rearrange stitches as foll: Pick up and k16 (18) sts along side of heel and sl to first dpn; with 2nd dpn work across 33 (35) sts of instep in pat; with 3rd dpn, pick up and k16 (18) sts along other side of heel, then k first 9 (10) heel sts from first dpn-84 (92) sts. Beg of rnd is at center of heel. Rnd 1: On first dpn, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1; on 2nd dpn, k5, PM, work in pat to last 5 sts, PM, k5; on 3rd dpn, k1, ssk, k to end-2 sts dec. Rnd 2: Work even in St st on heel and pat st bet markers on instep as est. Rep Rnds 1-2 until 66 (72) sts rem. Work even as est until foot measures 2" less than desired length. TOE Rnd 1: On first dpn, k to last 3 sts, k2 tog, k1; on 2nd dpn, k1, ssk, k to last 3 sts and remove markers, k2 tog, k1; on 3rd dpn, k1, ssk, k to end-4 sts dec. Rnd 2: Knit. Rep Rnds 1-2 until 30 (32) sts rem. With 3rd dpn, k across sts on first dpn-15 (16) sts on both needles. Cut yarn, leaving an 18" tail. Using tail, graft rem sts from each dpn tog. |