Traveling Eyelet Socks – To The Toe and Done!

18 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment

by kjwinston in free patterns, knitting Tags: lace knitting, Traveling Eyelet Socks

If you’re making these socks with me, you have finished the gussets, described in my last post on this pattern, and have worked the pattern repeat enough times to make the sock as long as you want it, ending with round 9 or 18 before beginning the toe. You should have 16 sts on dpn 1 (the bottom of the foot), 30 on dpn 2 (the top of the foot with the stitch pattern), and 16 sts on dpn 3 (also the bottom of the foot).

Taffy, the sock inspector

Before beginning the toe, you need to move the last st on dpn 1 to dpn 2 so that there will be 31 sts TOTAL on dpns 1 and 3 (the bottom of the foot) and 31 sts on dpn 2 (the top of the foot). Work 1 round even, knitting all sts.

Okay, let’s go . . .

Begin shaping toe:

Round 1: On dpn 1 – K to last 3 sts on needle, k2tog, k 1; on dpn 2 – k1, ssk, k to last 3 sts on needle, k2tog, k1; on dpn 3 – k1, ssk, k to end of round.

Round 2 – K all sts

Repeat rounds 1 and 2, ending with round 2, until there are 22 sts left – 5 on dpn 1, 11 on dpn 2, 6 on dpn 3. Transfer sts from dpn 3 to dpn 1 – you now have 11 sts on each of 2 needles for a total of 22 sts.

Work kitchener stitch AND WEAR THAT SOCK, BABY!

Much better pics with camera over iPad

Toe-shaping close up

 

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