A Simple Twist

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A Simple Twist

... a sock recipe for a sock knitter

I used yarn from The Cabin Cove Mercantile, which is currently closed, but you can use any fingering weight yarn for this pattern.

I used 2.75mm dpns.  However, you can and should use whatever will get you the gauge of 8.5 stitches per inch.  A round eight should be just fine, btw.  I'm not sure where that half a stitch came from.

CO 72

Being mindful not to twist your stitches, join.  Knit a 2x2 rib that starts with one purl stitch.  The round will also end with one purl stitch.  This will give you that tiny ditch down the foot later that you can see in my photo that helps to show off the cabled stitches.

Place marker and repeat the row of ribbing.

Two stitch cable:
Looking at two knit stitches.  Knit into the second stitch and leave the stitch on the left needle.  This may be a bit of a wiggle, but that’s okay.  It gets easier with practice.  Knit into the first stitch and move both worked stitches off your left needle.

On the third row and every third row you are going to purl the purls and knit the two stitch cable on the knit stitches.

Repeat these three rows until the cuff is the desired length.  Knit one more row of ribbing before starting the heel of your choice.

See... socks for people who have done them before.  :p

You need to work the heel over 36 stitches.  You may work forward over the first 36 or back over the last 36.  It does not matter.

If you are going to work short row heels, please remember to pick up extra stitches when you join the first cuff stitch to the heel stitches and again when you work the first heel stitch after the foot.  Picking up and twisting a few stitches that you work with the next real stitch will help prevent holes or gaps.

Once you have knit your heel, work across the foot in the established pattern... which would be a rib row.  That gives you time to pick up gusset stitches you're doing a flap or an easy start if you are joining up a short row heel.

Continue to work the established pattern until the sock foot is the desired length.  Then knit your toe of choice. 

I used short row heels and toes, but I know that not everyone likes them.  I'm posting this sock recipe this way because I feel like offering it with just short rows may keep some people from trying it.  Also because my way of doing a heel flap is mentioned in other patterns and I do not want to share something that I did not come up with.  Does that make sense?  I know that there are only so many ways to knit a flap, but that's still how I feel.

Yeah, freak.  :p

To answer Stacey's question about the socks from the other day, that yarn is not something I can buy here in any of my yarn stores and I doubt there are many people who can just run out and get it.  Plus I don't happen to care for that yarn.    Those socks are a slightly different version of what I'm sharing today.  I did the two stitch cable on every other pair of knit stitches rather than every one.  There's a trick to doing it that way, btw.  It wasn't pretty.   0.o

To answer Stacey's other question, if you knit this recipe with short row toes and heels and no cabling, you'll get my default sock pattern.  Now where's my ten bucks?

Happy Socking, people!

Comments

[Stacey]

Now they look green! That's the pretty green that I got in his silk. I LOVE celery or celedon or what ever they are calling these days. And look at the wisdom you imparted! You even made a pattern without having to write out all of the crap that everyone knows. After SOS, and all of the socks you knit - you should write a sock knitting humor design book!

/runs

Oh, and I'll send you your $10 as soon as I get to the post office. :D

[Kathy W.]

Thanks for the pattern although I don't see how you can pick green over yellow.

And no, I haven't knitted pink socks yet.

[Frances]

Ohh, pretty! I love that pale green - it looks so nice with your pattern. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[AuntieAnn]

Very nice! And what shoe size would you say this sock fits?

[Angie]

Okay, I've printed this baby off and now you're going to make me work to find a short row heel to copy. *le sigh* :-) Actually, I think you referenced a pattern earlier this summer with a short-row heel. I'll go find it.

Thanks for the pattern! They look really cute.

I'm with Stacey. Book!

[Sarah]

Thanks for the recipe. Maybe I will resist the call to bake and knit these instead.

[April]

Don't forget to post the pattern on Ravelry!!!

/run

[Devorah]

Ah ... now I see the green. The socks looked white until I read the comments and adjusted my screen. Cute. Maybe my next pair ...

[Carole]

They are terrific. Nice job on the recipe. :-)

[Susan]

Oh, those look even yummier in the solid colored yarn so that you can see the details. And that's a lovely color. . . what's up with CCM being closed? Now I shall have to guard my last skein of Dave yarn (I think I only have one left.) with my life!

[Susan]

I'll have to get some solid colored yarn and try this out! Thanks for the pattern. I hope you had a nice holiday.

[Dave Daniels]

Heh heh, I take a few days off from the internet, and look at all the fun I've missed. And, contrary to the current rumors about the Cabin Cove Mercantile being closed, it's only temporary. it'll be reopened before the end of the week. Or, when Stacey says I can reopen it.
Adorable socks. :)

[Beth]

I think they look great and I love knitting little cables like that. Once my current monkey is done, maybe this one... :)