These are the socks that I designed and knit for the Neatnik while we were on vacation. They are for her to wear with her new school uniform. The children wear navy walking shorts and light blue polo shirts in the fall and in the spring. Crew socks look better with shorts than knee socks, in my humble opinion, so here we have a pair of navy blue crew socks for school.
You'll notice that there is a bright red stripe near the toe of the sock. This is totally intentional. After all of the work that I put into a pair of socks for school use only, I don't want to have to toss them as soon as Neatnik has a growth spurt. When her foot grows, I shall unravel the toes, remove the red yarn, and lengthen the foot before reknitting the toe. There is plenty of leftover blue yarn for a longer sock and the ribbing in the instep will provide extra room around.
SJ Crew Socks
Size
child size 10 shoe
Materials
1 hank Shelridge Farms Soft Touch Heather
about one yard of a contrasting color yarn
one set of size 1½ (2.5mm) dpns
Gauge
34 sts in 4" St st on size 1½ needles
Cuff/Leg
Cast on 54 sts. Join.
Work about 3" (32 rounds) in 2x1 rib pattern:
K1, p1, (k2, p1) 17x, k1
The ribbing starts with k1, p1 so that the instep stitches are centered, without having to unknit and shift stitches when starting the heel flap.
Heel Flap ~2¼" (worked over 27 stitches)
Row 1 - Sl1, p12, k1, p13
Row 2 - (Sl1, k1) 6x, sl1, p1, (sl1, k1) 6x
Work for 16 repeats (32 rows).
Turn Heel (15 sts rem)
This is a band heel.
Row 1 - Sl1, p19, p2tog, turn
Row 2 - Sl1, k13, ssk, turn
Row 3 - Sl1, p13, p2tog, turn
Repeat rows 2 and 3 until only 15 sts rem.
Ankle Join
Round 1 - P/U 18 sts, pm, work instep, pm, p/u 18 sts, k15 (78 sts)
Round 2 - K16, ssk, sm, work instep, sm, k2tog, k31 (76 sts)
Gusset Decreases
Round 1 - Knit to 3 sts before marker, k2tog, k1, sm, work instep, sm, k1, ssk, knit to end of round
Round 2 - Knit to marker, sm, work instep, sm, knit to end of round
Work gusset decreases for 11 repeats; 54 sts rem.
Foot
Work 16 rounds, K1, p1, (k2, p1) 8x, k28, or to length desired for foot before starting toe.
Knit one round even.
Change to a contrasting color and knit one round even.
Return to main color and knit one round even.
Place marker between sts 27 and 28.
Toe Shaping
Round 1 - (K1, ssk, knit to 3 sts before marker, k2tog, k1) 2x.
Round 2 - Knit.
Finishing
Repeat rounds 1 and 2 until 26 sts remain. Graft rem sts. Weave in ends.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
SJ crews
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17 yarns:
cool idea with the toe.
Goodness. You is one clevah momma!
P.S. -- as a preppie '80s high school grad? I love kneesocks with shorts. And loafers.
Ooo, very nice sockies! I thought the red was there as a sort of silent protest against uniforms.
=)
Oh, clever with the toe!
Very nice, and what a good idea for expansion, later! cool
Very nice looking sock! How clever of you to think ahead like that!
You are a genius and one heck of a great mom!
Brilliant! And thanks for sharing the pattern with us!
I like it that Neatnik gets to bring a little of Mommy Trek to school on SJ Crew Sock day! She'll probably like having you there, too...
What a great idea. I thought the red line was a style feature. I was admiring the work of putting in one line of another color just for looks. And you say it has a purpose! Go you, very clever.
Really nice, and a great idea for them to grow with her!
Clever, and useful.. I may have to try this for socks for my niece!
Very clever! Nice looking socks, too.
Really clever! I'll have to keep the toe idea in the back of my mind.
doh! Wish I had thought of your toe/ribbed instep idea. I could probably still do it, but the instep is kind of narrow.
Brilliant idea tho.
Lovely socks! I like the red stripe idea :)
Great pattern! Thanks!!!
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