Free Knitted Sock Pattern - Openwork Socks

Free knitted sock pattern: Openwork Socks. Size 1 - Average age 2 years.

Free knitted sock pattern materials:- 1 oz. Beehive Andalusian. Four no.15 steel knitting needles.

Work at a tension to produce about 11.5 stitches and 18 rows to the inch measured over the plain portion.

Cast on 56 stitches 16 on the first needle, 24 on the second and 16 on the third.

Work 50 rounds in rib of K.2 and P.2, then commence the pattern.

1st round - *Wool forward, K.2 together, repeat from * all round.

2nd, 3rd and 4th rounds - Like the first pattern rounds.

Knit 3 rounds plain.

Repeat the last 7 rounds 7 more times.

Commence the heel as follows:- Knitting the first 14 stitches, slip the last 14 of the round on to the other end of the same needle, these 28 stitches are for the heel. Dividing all the remaining stitches on to two needles, leave them for the instep.

On the heel stitches (always slipping the first stitch of every row), knit 28 rows alternately purl and plain for this free knitted sock pattern.

To turn the heel, K.18, slip 1, K.1, pass the slipped stitch over the knitted, turn; *P.9, P.2 together, turn; K.9, slip 1, K.1, pass the slipped stitch over the knitted, turn; repeat from * until all the stitches from the sides are knitted in, leaving the 10 stitches at the top. Knit 5 of these stitches, this completing the heel.

Slip all the instep stitches on to one needle. Taking a spare needle, knit the remaining 5 stitches of the heel and knit up 14 stitches at the side of the heel; with a second needle, work in the pattern across the top of the foot; with the third needle, knit up 14 stitches from the other side of the heel and the other 5 heel stitches.

Working in the free knitted sock pattern on the second needle only and knitting plain on the first and third, decrease for the instep as follows: - Work 1 round without shaping; then in the next round, knit to the last 3 stitches of the first needle, K.2 together, K.1; work the second needle in the free knitted sock pattern without shaping; on the third needle, K.1, slip 1, K.1, pass the slipped stitch over the knitted, knit to the end of the needle for this free knitted sock pattern.

Repeat the last 2 rounds until the stitches are reduced to 14 on each of the 1st and 3rd needles.

Continue without shaping until 7 repeats of the pattern have been worked from the heel, then commence the shaping for the toe as follows: -

*Knit to the last 4 stitches of the first needle, K.2 together, K.2; on the second needle (knitting plain), K.2; on the second needle (knitting plain), K.2, slip 1, K.1, pass the slipped stitch over the knitted, knit plain to the last 4 stitches, K.2 together, K.2; on the third needle, K.2, slip 1, K.1, pass the slipped stitch over the knitted, knit to the end of the needle.

Knit 2 rounds without shaping. Repeat from * until only 28 stitches remain in the round, then knit the first needle stitches on to the third. Either cast off the 2 needles together, or graft the stitches.

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