Knit baby a special pair of socks that are soft and just the perfect softness for their itty bitty feet.
Knitting loom: Sock Loom 2
Yarn: Karabella Aurora 4 Sport weight
Notions: knitting tool, tapestry needle.
Size: Sample will fit 3-6 mos.
Gauge: 14 sts x 17 rows= 2 inches in stockinette stitch.
Abbreviations:
K=knit stitch
YO=Yarn over (ewrap the empty peg. On the following round when you need to work the the peg with the Yarn over, unravel the ewrap and leave this strand of yarn to the front of the peg, knit or purl the strand of yarn as if it was a flat stitch).
W&T=Lift the loop that is on the peg, take working yarn behind the peg, wrap it to the front of the peg, place loop back on the peg.
K2tog=knit two stitches together. Worked over two pegs. Lift loop from peg 2 and move it to peg 1. Leave peg 2 empty. Treat the two loops on peg 1 as one loop. Knit peg 1.
Instructions
Cast on 32 sts, join to work in the round
Rnd 1-6: k to the end of the round.
Rnd 7: *k2tog, yo; rep from * to the end of round.
Rnd 8-14: k to the end of round.
Rnd 15: Pick up cast on edge and place those stitches back on the loom, each peg should have 2 loops on it. Treat both loops as one loop. K to the end of the round.
Next 10 rounds: k to the end of round.
Heel-worked in short rows
Row 1: Knit from peg 1 to peg 15. Wrap and Turn (W&T) on peg 16.
Row 2: Knit from peg 15 to peg 2. W&T on peg 1.
Row 3: Knit from peg 2 to peg 14. W&T on peg 15.
Row 4: Knit from peg 14 to peg 3. W&T on peg 2.
Row 5: Knit from peg 3 to peg 13. W&T on peg 14.
Row 6: Knit from peg 13 to peg 4. W&T on peg 3.
Row 7: Knit from peg 4 to peg 12. W&T on peg 13.
Row 8: Knit from peg 12 to peg 5. W&T on peg 4.
Row 9: Knit from peg 5 to peg 11. W&T on peg 12.
Row 10: Knit from peg 11 to 6. W&T on peg 5.
Row 11: Knit from peg 6 to peg 10. W&T peg 11.
Row 12: Knit from peg 10 to peg 5. W&T peg 4 (there will now be a double wrap on this peg).
Row 13: Knit from peg 5 to 11. W&T peg 12 (there will now be a double wrap on this peg).
Row 14: Knit from peg 11 to 4. W&T peg 3 (there will now be a double wrap on this peg).
Row 15: Knit from peg 4 to 12. W&T peg 13 (there will now be a double wrap on this peg).
Row 16: Knit from peg 12 to 3. W&T peg 2 (there will now be a double wrap on this peg).
Row 17: Knit from peg 3 to 13. W&T peg 14 (there will now be a double wrap on this peg).
Row 18: Knit from peg 13 to 3. W&T peg 2(there will now be a double wrap on this peg).
Row 19: Knit from peg 3 to 14. W&T peg 15 (there will now be a double wrap on this peg)..
Row 20: Knit from peg 14 to 2. W&T peg 2 (there will now be a double wrap on this peg).
Row 21: Knit from peg 2 to 15. W&T peg 16 (there will now be a double wrap on this peg).
Row 22: Knit from peg 15 to 1. W&T peg 32 .
End of Heel—from this point on, begin working in the round (peg 32 and peg 16 will have extra loops on them, treat all the loops on these two pegs as one loop).
Next 30 rounds: k to the end of the round.
Bind off with gather removal method.
Weave ends in. Block lightly.
Thank you so much!