First attempt at toe-up socks and couldn’t find a pattern I liked so I’m winging it.
Thought these were shaping up to be a little large so I decreased a couple times on the sole (couldn’t hide it on the instep due to the pattern).
Beginning of the skein differed drastically from the end so they don’t really match, but I like a good mismatched pair of socks.
Toe:
c/o 20 using Judy’s Magic Cast On.
Round 1: knit
Round 2: k2, m1f, k until 2 remain, m1b, k2 repeat for 2nd needle
Repeat Rows 1-2 until total st count is 68.
Knit one row.
Foot
Begin working Harris Tweed pattern over 34 instep sts (34 sole sts are worked in stockinette):
Round 1 & 2: k2,p2 until 2 sts remain, k2
Round 3 & 4: k all sts.
Round 5 & 6: k2,p2 until 2 sts remain, k2
Round 7 & 8: k2, p until 2 sts remain, k2
6 total full HT pattern repeats.
On first knit row of 7th repeat, sole needle as follows: k2, k2tog, k until 4 remain, k2tog, k2.
4 rows later, repeat sole decrease.
9 full HT pattern repeats total, then begin gusset.
Heel Gusset
Continue to knit instep needle in HT pattern.
Sole needle as follows:
Round 1: k2, m1f, k until 2 remain, m1b, k2
Round 2: k all sts
Repeat until there are 52 sts on sole needle. End with instep needle.
Heel Turn
Worked back and forth across sole needle only:
Row 1: k18, pm, m1b, k16, m1f, pm, turn
Row 2: sl 1, p15, turn
Row 3: m1b, k14, m1f, turn
Row 4: sl 1, p13, turn
Row 5: m1b, k12, m1f, turn
Row 6: sl 1 st, p11, turn
Row 7: m1b, k10, m1f, turn
Row 8: sl 1, p9, turn
Row 9: m1b, k8, m1f, turn
Row 10: sl 1, p7, turn
Row 11: m1b, k6, m1f, turn
Row 12: sl 1, p5, turn
Row 13: m1b, k4, m1f, do not turn, k across to
within 1 st of marker, ssk (removing marker) turn
Row 14: sl 1, p to within 1 st of marker, p2tog (removing marker), turn
Heel Flap
Row 1 (right side): sl 1, k1, slip 1 x14, ssk across the gap, turn
Row 2: sl 1, p28, p2tog across the gap, turn
Repeat these rows until there are 2 sts remaining unworked on either side of heel flap.
Next row: sl 1, k1, sl 1 x14, ssk, k1, do not turn
Leg
Begin working in the round again, picking up where you left off with the HT pattern as stated above.
Round 1: Instep needle - work in HT pattern as above (this should be Round 8). Sole needle - k1, ssk, knit to end.
Round 2: Instep needle - work in HT pattern as above (this should be Round 1). Sole needle - p2, k2tog, k1, p2, k2, p2 until 5 sts remain, k1, k2tog, p2.
Continue leg in HT pattern as follows, beginning with Round 2:
Round 1 & 2: k2, p2 until end
Round 3 & 4: k all sts
Round 5 & 6: k2, p2 until end
Round 7 & 8: p all sts
10 full HT pattern repeats including the one started with Round 2 above.
Cuff
Work 14 rows k2p2 ribbing
BO using Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off.