Women’s socks

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Sizes: 38-39

Material:

Austermann Step Classic. Content: 75 % pure new wool (sw), 25 % polyamide.

100 g = 420 m.

1 (1) – col 1025 light grey

Knitting needles:

Double pointed needles size 2 mm

Tension:

Stockinette st on needle size 2 mm tension 30 sts and 42 rnds = 10 x 10 cm.

Be sure to get the tension! (change needle size if necessary)

Cuff pattern:

Using needle size 2 mm.

Knit 8 rnds; work 1 rnd of eyelets: (yo, k2tog) to the end (= fold row), k 8 rnds.

Basic pattern 1: Work according to the chart, using needle size 2 mm. The chart shows all rnds. Repeat rnds 1 – 4.

Basic pattern 2:

Stockinette st (in rnds: knit all sts; in rows: RS knit, WS purl), using needle size 2 mm.

Cast on 60 sts, using needle size 2 mm, divide sts over 4 needles (= 15 sts each needle) and join to work in the round. Work the cuff pattern once, continue working in basic pattern 1, working the PR (pattern repeat) 4 times in the round. When the piece measures 13 cm from the cuff, work the heel and instep gusset as foll:

Shape heel: Place sts from needles 1 and 4 on 1 needle for heel; leave sts on needles 2 and 3 unworked. 30 sts for heel. Work back and forth on these sts for 22 rows.

Turn heel: Divide the number of sts for heel by three, 10-10-10 sts. Work in stockinette st in short rows as foll: (RS row) k all st from the first 1/3 (= 10 sts), then k the center 1/3 to the last st, then skp (= sl 1, k1, psso), turn * sl 1, p the center 1/3 (10 sts) to the last st, then p2tog, turn. Repeat until all sts from the first and last 1/3 have been worked. Knit 1 row on all sts.

Pick up stitches: Divide the sts for heel on 2 double pointed needles so that beg of round is at center of heel. Pick up 15 sts on each side of heel as foll: pick up 15 sts along one side, work the sts on needles 2 and 3, pick up 15 sts along other side of heel, work sts on needle 4. Join and work in round on all 4 needles. Work the first row of picked-up sts through the back loop.

Note: Continue working the sts on needles 1 and 4 (= sole) in basic pattern 2, the sts on needle 2 and 3 (= instep) in basic pattern 1

Instep: You have more sts on needle 1 and 4 as on needle 2 and 3. So you will decrease sts in the next round. * At end of needle 1, k2tog and at beg of needle 4 work skp (= sl 1, k1, psso).

Work 2 rounds even. Repeat from * until there are the same number of sts as before heel – 60 sts. Cont on these sts for the foot to a length of 19,5 cm.

Shape toe: Decrease round: On needle 1, work to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1; on needle 2, k1, skp, k to end; on needle 3, work as for needle 1; on needle 4, work as for needle 2. Work 3 rounds even. Work dec round, work 2 rounds even, twice. Work dec round, work 1 round even, 3 times. Rep dec round every round until 8 sts rem. Place sts on 2 needles and weave sts tog.

Finishing:

Fold the cuff inward and sew down to create a picot edge.

Work the second sock in the same way.

Design: Austermann