BSSS-2
Finished
April 28, 2018
February 9, 2019

BSSS-2

Project info
Broken Seed Stitch Socks by Hanna Leväniemi
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
5 UK
Needles & yarn
US 0 - 2.0 mm
357 yards
Schachenmayr Regia Trendpoint
225 yards in stash
0.51 skeins = 234.6 yards (214.5 meters), 51 grams
3980
Orange
Purplelinda Crafts
November 3, 2015
West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4 Ply Solids
48 yards in stash
0.28 skeins = 122.5 yards (112.0 meters), 28 grams
0169
Multicolored
Wild and Woolly in Hackney, London, City of
May 28, 2017
Notes

Another pair of BSS socks, this time with a Galosh heel - it’s not an official name, but IMO it suits perfectly. I was inspired by this picture-tutorial on IG, the author is negalu, here’s the project page on Ravelry.
It’s not dissimilar to HG heel in how it starts, but the increases are spaced differently.

Summary:

TAAT, toe-up.
Magic loop.
Star toe.
68 sts circumference.
Galosh heel.
JSSBO.
Weight - 78/9 gr.
Made in 32 hours.

BSS pattern:

solid: k
var: k1, p1
solid: k
var: p1, k1

Heel:

Mark the 9 centre stitches, you’ll be making increases at each side of the 9-st panel.

with orange:
k 12, inc1, k9, inc1, k11, shadow wrap/twin st, turn

 Note:

I tried the following to minimise the holes from the increases: made RLI and LLI as usual, but twisted the main sts - on the right side of the panel - to the left, on the left side of the panel - to the right.

Purl across all sts but 1, shadow wrap/twin st, turn.

Cont. till there are 12 twin sts on each side of the heel, finish with purl row.

From now on - just short rows. Cont. till there are 18 twin sts on each side (12 + 6), finish with the purl row.

K across, working twin sts as 1.

Start another heel.

Decreases:
Dec every 4th rnd (solid colour) at 4 points: at each edge of the heel and at each side of the 9-stitch centre panel, with sts leaning to the centre.

Note on the number of increases for the heel - keep in mind the repeat of the pattern (4 rounds) and the planned decrease strategy, so that BSS pattern keeps it’s consistency.

I somewhat changed it, so in the end I had to change the 9 centre sts pattern to get back to the overall BSS look.
Next time - space the decreases over the rounds sparingly, maybe not every 4 rnd at first, but every 8th (?), to improve the fit.

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by Schachenmayr Regia
Fingering
75% Wool, 25% Nylon
459 yards / 100 grams

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by West Yorkshire Spinners
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40% Wool, 35% Bluefaced Leicester, 25% Nylon
437 yards / 100 grams

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  • Originally queued: November 4, 2017
  • Project created: April 28, 2018
  • Finished: February 11, 2019
  • Updated: June 28, 2020