Sock knitting patterns

[pcrowder]

I love to knit socks, so thought I'd post one of my own patterns here. Feel free to share it, adapt it, whatever you want to do with it. I made it for my son's girlfriend Andrea (hence the name!) and fits a larger and wider than normal woman's foot.

Happy knitting! ;D

Andrea’s socks

these are 2-STRAND worsted weight yarn socks - nice and soft and cushy!

4 balls bernat or other worsted wt. yarn
1 set each size #8 & 9 Dpn's. For a smaller size sock, use #7 & #9

With double strand of yarn, cast on 32 sts (10-12-10) with #8 needles
Work K1, P1 rib for 6”

Change to #9 needles

HEEL FLAP:
Knit 8 sts and place remaining sts on ndl #2, turn
Sl 1, purl 7 plus 8 sts from ndl #3.
Place remaining sts on instep needle.
On these 16 heel sts, work as follows:
Rt side: *sl 1, k1, rep from * across
Wrong side: sl 1, purl across.
Repeat these two rows until you have 8 chain loops along sides of heel flap.

TURN HEEL:
SL1, P8, P2TOG, P1, turn
SL1, K3, K2TOG, K1, turn
SL1, P4, P2TOG, P1, turn
SL1, K5, K2TOG, K1, turn
SL1, P6, P2TOG, P1, turn
SL1, K7, K2TOG, K1 Do not turn
10 sts left - you will finish at end of rt side row.

With same ndl, pick up and knit 8 sts along side of flap. With new needle, knit instep sts. With new needle, pick up and knit 8 sts along other side PLUS 5 sts from heel flap. Beginning of round is at center of heel.

GUSSETS:
Rnd 1: Knit to within the last 3 sts of ndl #1, k2tog, k1. Knit across instep sts. On 3rd ndl, k1, ssk, knit to end of rnd.
Rnd 2: Knit even.
Repeat these 2 rnds until 32 sts remain.

Work foot to about 2" shy of wanted length.

TOE:
Rnd 1: Knit to within the last 3 sts of ndl #1, k2tog, k1. On needle #2, k1, ssk, knit to within 3 sts of end of needle, k2tog, k1. On ndl #3, k1, ssk, knit to end.
Rnd 2: Knit even.
Repeat last two rnds until 16 sts remain. Weave 8 top sts to 8 bottom sts. End off.

[capecmom]

That's one of the skills I learned as a kid but have forgotten. A good friend of mine knits all of the time. May be I'll have her teach me. It's a good skill to have.

[bamasuzy]

thank you so much! I will print this out and give it a try this winter! I've never done anything with more than two needles so I'll need some quite quite time with this switching back and forth. Thank you again!

[bamasuzy]

Andrea, does this just use two needles but you put the additional stitches on those needles?