Classic socks with bamboo yarn

 

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Here you get a knitting pattern for lovely socks made with Hjertegarn Blend Bamboo, which is made from 70% bamboo and 30% cotton. The socks can be knitted in sizes from 36 up to size 47.

Sizes

36-37 (38-39) 40-41 (42-43) 44-45 (46-47)

Materials

Hjertegarn Blend Bamboo. Made from 70% bamboo, 30% cotton. Yardage 50 g. = approx. 150 s.

Yarn consumption:

Approx. 3 skeins per sock-pair

Knitting needle no: double pointed needles size 3 mm, or whatever fits 10 x 10 cm = 26 s

Abbreviations

n = needle

s = stitches

K = knit

P = purl

tog = together

O-dec. = decrease with a stitch over (knitted like this: SL1 KW, K1, slip loose stitch over)

Instructions

Cast on 56 (60) 60 (64) 64 (68) s on needle 3, set on 4 double-pointed needles so they create a circle

Now, knit 19 (20) 20 (22) 22 (22) cm rib (K1, P1). If you want a folding line on the sock, you can knit the shaft 8-10 cm longer. For the larger sizes (40 and up) this possibly requires one more skein of yarn, depending on the type of yarn you are using, due to the yardage.

Now, knit the heel over the stitches on needle 4 and 1, so that the starting strand is placed on the back middle of the heel. 

Knit rib (K1, P1) over the 2 needles, back and forth until the heal measures 4½ (5) 5 (5½) 5½ (5½) cm

Next needle is from the right side, which you knit in short rows, like this:

20 (20) 22 (22) 23 (24) K, 1 o-dec. (=SL1 KW, K1, lead the loose stitch over) K1, turn

SL1 PW, 10 (10) 10 (10) 11 (12) vr, P2tog, P1, turn

SL1 KW, 11 (11) 11 (11) 12 (13) K, 1 o-dec, K1, turn

SL1 PW, 12 (12) 12 (12) 13 (14) vr, P2tog, P1, turn

Continue like this until you have knitted all stitches. You have now reduced the number of stitches.

Now, knit 13 (13) 14 (14) 15 (15) s up on each side of the heel, leave the stitches on needle 4 and 1, knit circular again.

Continue the work where needle 1 and 4 is plain knit and needle 2 and 3 rib knitting (K1, P1)

You make decreases on each round P/the heel by knitting the last 2 stitches on 1st n K tog and knitting o-dec. over the first 2 s on 4th n.

Repeat the decreases on every second needle until you again have 56 (60) 60 (64) 64 (68) s left on around. Now, knit straight up, still doing plain knitting beneath the foot and rib-knit above the foot until your work measures 19 (20) 21 (22) 23 (24) cm from where the plain knitting starts on the heel.

You are now decreasing for the toe like this:

Knit K2 tog by the end of needle 1 and 3 and knit o-dec in the beginning of n 2 and 4. Dec every 3rd round 3 times and then on every 2nd round 3 times. Then continue decreasing on each needle until you have 4 s left on the rd. Break the yarn and draw the yarn through the stitches.

Weave in ends

Happy knitting!

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