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Sleepwalker Socks detail

Originally uploaded by erica myers-russo

Round two of socks for children.

Pattern: Somnambulist Socks (Mine, see below)
Yarn: Auracania Ranco multi
Needles: Knit Picks circs, size 1 or 1.5
Size: Child’s size 5-ish. Long, skinny girl feet.

Same deal as the last ones–Cast on using Judy’s Magic Cast-on (I’ll edit later to include the number of stitches), then worked tow-up.

Stitch pattern is worked over a 3×1 rib (stockinette on the sole, of course). I was inspired by the lovely Leyburn, and wanted a pattern that would similarly enhance the hand-dyed yarn. I need ribs, and lots of them, to hug the girl’s skinny feet. So:

Round 1 and every subsequent odd row: (K3, P1) around
Round 2: (Slip 3 WYIF, P1) around
Round 4: (K1, then knit one through both the next stitch and the slipped stitch, so you are in fact pulling the yarn through both and “catching” the slipped stitch, K1, P1) around
Round 6: K1, (K1, slip 3 WYIF, K1) around - you should be slipping the purl stitch and one knit stitch on either side of it
Round 8: K1, (K1, then purl one through both the next stitch and the slipped stitch, so you are in fact pulling the yarn through both and “catching” the slipped stitch, K1) around

And so on, working heel of your choice (I used a short-row). Once you turn the heel, continue the 3×1 ribbing pattern up the calf, then switch to a 1×1 rib for the cuff. BO using stretchy BO of your choice. (I used EZ’s sewn BO).

Note: These were originally called “Sleepwalker Socks,” which I thought was terribly clever, until I realized that a terribly clever friend of mine, Monica Nappe, had already created a sock pattern by that name.  Check it out here: http://www.yarn4socks.com/servlet/Detail?no=1900