Promised "Pattern"

Two at once, toe up, Magic Loop

Cast on 12 in a figure 8 cast on, inc every other round to 64 stitches (32 each needle). Once knitting clears base of toes, begin p1,(k6,p2),k6,p1 instep ribbing. Two inches before back of heel, begin Baudelaire Heel (see posts below). Continue instep rib, knitting back of heel in st st until knitting reaches the shoe line, begin knitting rib pattern around til sock is desired length or very little yarn remains. Finish cuff with one inch of 1x1 twisted rib. Bind off with EZ’s sewn bind off.

Finished!

bamboo2
Originally uploaded by wlturland

Pattern to follow. Right now I'm just going to sit back and chill with my newest socks :)

Yay! Almost Done!

bamboowip2
Originally uploaded by wlturland

The heel ended up being thus...

Knit across til 11 stitches remain. Wrap and turn (w&t). Purl til 11 stitches remain. Wrap and turn (w&t). Continue to w&t until 10 stitches on each side are wrapped, ending on a purl row.

Knit back, pick up and conceal 1st wrap (see Cat Bordhi's youtube video linked in previous posts). Continue picking up and concealing wraps until last wrapped stitch. Pick up, conceal and knit together with 1st unwrapped stitch. Turn, slip 1, repeat pick up and conceal wraps with purl side. Turn, slip 1.

Knit back to slipped stitch. SSK slipped stitch and next stitch. Turn. Purl back to slipped stitch. P2tog slipped stitch and next stitch. Turn. Repeat until 32 stitches remain on needle.

Resume knitting in the round, instep in pattern, sole st st until stockinette panel reaches the top of shoe heel. Repeat instep pattern on sole stitches to form leg and cuff. Knit til leg is long enough or yarn runs out. BO loosely with preferred BO method (personally I like Elizabeth Zimmerman's sewn bind off).

Boo! Bad Heel!

My beautiful socks hate me!

Turned the heel. Heel looks like crap, full of holes. Rip back. Start new heel. Heel goes wonderfully (the Baudelaire Heel from Knitty, just to let ya'll know). Try on sock. Cry. Rip heel again.



(Just in case it's not obvious: the heel turns about 1/2 an inch behind where my actual heel turns... the socks are too long!)

Edit: I'll keep adding edits as I work on figuring this out tonight... right now I've frogged one sock back to the point where the sole has been increased to 46 stitches. I'm starting the Baudelaire "style" heel by leaving 10 stitches on each side of the sole unwrapped, and 12 in the center, resulting in 7 wrapped stitches on each side.