Remarkable Cow

Sunset Scales Socks

Size

Women's Medium

Finished Dimensions

Circumference: 7.75" (20 cm) unstretched

Materials

Yarn: 1 skein (330 yds/302 m) Baywood Yarns Luxury Sock & Shawl
Color: Summer Sunset
Needles: US 2.5 (3.0 mm)

Gauge

32 sts/40 rows = 4 in (10 cm) in stockinette stitch

Notes

These socks are a pretty basic sock pattern made interesting by the lace work. I found the lace stitch in the Vogue Stitchonary Volume One. The yarn used was hand dyed by Jo at Baywood Yarns and it is a dream to work with. If you can get your hands on some I highly recommend using it, otherwise any sock yarn that gets gauge will work as a substitute.

Pattern

Lace Pattern:
Section 1:

Round 1: [SSK, K5, YO]

Round 3: [SSK, K4, YO, K1]

Round 5: [SSK, K3, YO, K2]

Round 7: [SSK, K2, YO, K3]

Round 9: [SSK, K1, YO, K4]

Round 11: [SSK, YO, K5]

Knit all even rounds.

Section 2:

Round 1: [YO, K5, K2TOG]

Round 3: [K1, YO, K4, K2TOG]

Round 5: [K2, YO, K3, K2TOG]

Round 7: [K3, YO, K2, K2TOG]

Round 9: [K4, YO, K1, K2TOG]

Round 11: [K5, YO, K2TOG]

Knit all even rounds.

Chart:



Toe:
CO 14 sts (7 per side) using the Figure 8 cast on method. Work one round even and divide sts across 4 needles.

Increase Round: Needle 1 - K1, M1, K to end of needle; Needle 2 - K to last st on needle, M1, K1; Needle 3 - K1, M1, K to end of needle; Needle 4 - K to last st on needle, M1, K1.

Continue working one Increase Round and one Even Round until there are 58 sts total.

Foot:
Needles 3 and 4 will be worked in stockinette all through the foot (K every stitch). The lace work will be across Needles 1 and 2.

Work rounds 1-12 of Section 1 of the lace pattern as follows - [K5, work 3 repeats of the lace pattern for that round, K3] for the odd rounds and K every stitch for the even rounds.

Next work rounds 1-12 of Section 2 of the lace pattern as follows - [K3, work 3 repeats of the lace pattern for that round, K5] for the odd rounds and K every stitch for the even rounds.

Work Section 1 and 2 once more (for a total of 2 times each) and then Section 1 a third time. End on a Row 11.

Heel:
Work a short row heel decreasing until there are 7 sts left and then increasing back to 29 across Needles 3 and 4.

Knit one round even around all 4 needles.

Leg:
The lace work will now be worked across all 4 needles.

Work round 1 of Section 2 of the lace pattern as follows - [K3, work 8 repeats of the lace pattern for that round, K2]. By doing this you'll notice that the last 3 stitches for this round are actually the first three stitches of the next round. That's intentional, the beginning of the round has just shifted slightly. If you're using a stitch marker to mark the beginning of the round, place it after the last stitch just made.

K every stitch for round 2.

Work rounds 3-12 of Section 2 of the lace pattern as follows - [work 8 repeats of the lace pattern for that round, K2] for the odd rounds and K every stitch for the even rounds.

Work rounds 1-12 of Section 1 of the lace pattern as follows - [K2, work 8 repeats of the lace pattern for that round] for the odd rounds and K every stitch for the even rounds.

Work rounds 1-12 of Section 2 of the lace pattern as follows - [work 8 repeats of the lace pattern for that round, K2] for the odd rounds and K every stitch for the even rounds.

Work Section 1 and 2 once more (for a total of 2 Section 1s and 3 section 2s).

Cuff:
K one round. Work a twisted rib, [Ktbl, P1] all around, for 6 rounds. Bind off using a stretchy bind off. I used the Elizabeth Zimmerman bind off, but there are others out there.