Mystery Sock KAL/Toe-Up Version — The Leg and Cuff

Now that you have completed the heel and are knitting in the round again, you have some choices to make. First: what do you want to do up the back of the leg? I began by setting the the k2p2 rib as before and kept to that pattern. Second: what do you want to do with the lace panel?

1- you can stop doing the increase on one side and the decrease on the other side of the panel and run the lace panel straight up the front of the sock.

2- you can zigzag it up the front of the sock as you did on the instep.

3- you can choose to swirl it around the leg (this was my choice) either continuing in the same direction you are already moving (again, this was my choice) or you can reverse direction and then swirl.

The stitch pattern choices are all there. When the leg is 1.75 inches less than the length you would like complete 20 rounds of K1 through the back loop, P1 ( but the first time you purl you will have to purl two stitches together to get back to an even stitch number ). Bind off loosely in pattern. Someone asked: why this cuff? It makes the stitches pop, it is long enough to fit my leg well, and I had to write something so I chose my favorite cuff. Can you do a different cuff — like k2p2, or something else? Can you run the lace panel all the way to the top? Can you knit on a lace edge? Of course you can, it is your sock. This is your Artwork, my socks are my Artwork. Surprise me and send pictures!

xx M.E. and Summit Yarn

 

Mystery Sock KAL/Toe-Up Version: The Heel

The 28 sole stitches will first be the heel and then the back of leg stitches. Knit to the end of the 28 sts and you will be ready to begin the heel.

HEEL: This is a garter stitch heel with short rows. You will be wrapping stitches, but because this is done in Garter Stitch, there is no need to unwrap the stitches later. You will be working right side and wrong side rows back and forth across the 28 heel stitches only for this section.

R1: (WS) Turn so the wrong side of the 28 sts is facing you. Slip one st and knit to the last of the 28 sts. Slip this last stitch to the right hand ndl, bring yarn to the left around the st to the side of the work facing you and then slip the st back to the left hand needle. (Stitch Wrapped). Turn work.

R2: (RS) Knit to the next to the last of the 28 sts. Slip this stitch to the right hand needle, bring yarn forward, and slip the stitch back to the left hand needle. Turn work.

R3: (WS) Knit to one stitch before the previously wrapped stitch, sl st to RH ndl, yarn forward, sl st back to LH ndl, turn work.

R4: (RS) Knit to one stitch before the previously wrapped stitch, sl st to RH ndl, yarn forward, sl st back to LH ndl, turn work.

Repeat R3 and R4 until there are 12 UNWRAPPED STS in the very center of the heel. R3 will be the final row when 12 unwrapped sts remain. Looking at your sock, you can see the 12 unwrapped stitches in the center and 9 stitches on either side. You are now halfway through the heel.

R5: (RS) knit to first single wrapped st and wrap it a 2nd time, turn work.

R6: (WS) knit to first single wrapped st and wrap it a 2nd time, turn work.

Repeat R5 and R6 seven times more (complete them a total of eight times).

Next RS row: knit to and including the last stitch before the instep.

Pick up stitch two sts below st on needle as indicated in photograph above. Purl this together with the first stitch of the instep (avoids a gap). Heel complete.

 

Mystery Sock KAL/Top-Down Version: Preparing to do the Heel

As I knit the leg of my sock, I resorted the stitches to make it easy to have sts ready for the P2tog to the left of the lace panel. Please sort your stitches so that the lace panel is at the far left side of what will be the instep needle — with 29 stitches. The remaining 28 stitches will first be the heel and then the sole stitches. Knit to the end of the 28 sts and you will be ready to begin the heel.

HEEL: This is a garter stitch heel with short rows. You will be wrapping stitches, but because this is done in Garter Stitch, there is no need to unwrap the stitches later. You will be working right side and wrong side rows back and forth across the 28 heel stitches only for this section.

R1: (WS) Turn so the wrong side of the 28 sts is facing you. Slip one st and knit to the last of the 28 sts. Slip this last stitch to the right hand ndl, bring yarn to the left around the st to the side of the work facing you and then slip the st back to the left hand needle. (Stitch Wrapped). Turn work.

R2: (RS) Knit to the next to the last of the 28 sts. Slip this stitch to the right hand needle, bring yarn forward, and slip the stitch back to the left hand needle. Turn work.

R3: (WS) Knit to one stitch before the previously wrapped stitch, sl st to RH ndl, yarn forward, sl st back to LH ndl, turn work.

R4: (RS) Knit to one stitch before the previously wrapped stitch, sl st to RH ndl, yarn forward, sl st back to LH ndl, turn work.

Repeat R3 and R4 until there are 12 UNWRAPPED STS in the very center of the heel. R3 will be the final row when 12 unwrapped sts remain. In the photo below you can see the 12 unwrapped stitches in the center and 9 stitches on either side. You are now halfway through the heel.

R5: (RS) knit to first single wrapped st and wrap it a 2nd time, turn work.

R6: (WS) knit to first single wrapped st and wrap it a 2nd time, turn work.

Repeat R5 and R6 seven times more (complete them a total of eight times).

Next RS row: knit to and including the last stitch before the instep.

Pick up stitch two sts below st on needle as indicated in photograph above. Purl this together with the first stitch of the instep (avoids a gap). Work across instep in pattern as set without any increases or decreases on either side of the lace panel. Knit across all heel stitches, which now become sole stitches. Work across the instep once more in pattern as set without any increases or decreases on either side of the lace panel. Heel complete.

 

Mystery Sock KAL: Toe-Up Version — THE TWIST

Now it is time to get down to work. This is the most involved part of the sock. The lace panel is going to zig zag back and forth across the top of the sock due to simple increases and decreases every round. Once you work from one side of the instep to the other, you will work two rounds without moving the lace panel, and then you will move the lace panel back to the side at which the panel began, as directed below. It is really fun!

FOOT OF THE TWIST SOCK:
Round 1: p2, M1K (NOTE–with each repeat of these four rounds you will have more sts before the first marker–work in rib as set to the marker and increase just before the marker), sm, p1, ssk, (yo, k1) x 3, yo, k2tog, remove marker and p2tog, replace marker, k1, p2, (k2, p2) x 3, k2, knit across sole stitches.

Round 2: p2, k1, M1K (SEE NOTE ABOVE), sm, p1, k9, remove marker and p2tog, replace marker, p2, (k2, p2) x 3, k2,
Knit across sole stitches.

Round 3: p2, k2, M1P (SEE NOTE ABOVE), sm, p1, ssk, k5, k2tog, remove marker and p2tog, replace marker, p1,
(K2, p2) x 3, k2, knit across sole stitches.

Round 4: p2, k2, p1, M1P (SEE NOTE ABOVE), sm, p1, k7, remove marker and p2tog, replace marker, (k2, p2) x 3,
K2, knit across sole stitches.

Complete these four rounds FOUR TIMES, then also complete Rounds 1 & 2 once more
(18 rounds) — remembering to maintain the new emerging p2,k2 rib sts to the right of the lace panel with each repeat of the four rounds.

Ease Round One: work in p2,k2 rib as set on the instep to the first marker, sm, p1, ssk, k5, k2tog,
P1, sm, knit across sole stitches.

Ease Round Two: work in p2,k2 rib as set on the instep to the first marker, sm, p1, k7, p1, sm,
Knit across sole stitches.

(Two rounds completed; now to move the lace panel across the instep in the opposite direction!)

Round 5: work in p2,k2 rib as set until one stitch before the first marker, slip st to rh ndl, remove marker, return st to LH ndl, and place marker on rh ndl, p2tog, ssk, (yo, k1) x 3, yo, k2tog, p1, sm, (NOTE: with each repeat of these four rounds you will have more sts after the second marker, be sure to increase immediately after the marker and then work the remaining rib sts as set),
M1K, knit across sole stitches.

Round 6: work in p2,k2 rib as set until one stitch before first marker, slip st to rh ndl, remove marker, return st to LH ndl, and place marker on rh ndl, p2tog, k9, p1, sm, (SEE NOTE BOVE), M1K, k1, knit across sole stitches.

Round 7: work in p2,k2 rib as set until one stitch before the first marker, slip st to rh ndl, remove marker, return st to LH ndl, and place marker on rh ndl, p2tog, ssk, k5, k2tog, p1, sm, (SEE NOTE ABOVE), M1P, k2,
Knit across sole stitches

Round 8: work in p2,k2 rib as set until one stitch before the first marker, slip st to rh ndl, remove marker, return st to LH ndl, and place marker on rh ndl, p2tog, k7, p1, sm, (SEE NOTE ABOVE), M1P, P1, K2,
Knit across sole stitches.

Complete Rounds 5-8 FOUR TIMES, then also complete Rounds 5 & 6 once more
(18 rounds) — remembering to maintain the rib pattern to the left of the lace panel as set with each repeat of these four rounds (after the first repeat of rounds 5-8 you will have p2, k2 to the left of the lace panel, after the second repeat you will have p2, k2, p2, k2…and so on).

Ease Round Three: sm, p1, ssk, k5, k2tog, p1, sm, work in p2,k2 rib as set across instep, knit across sole stitches.

Ease Round Four: sm, p1, k7, p1, sm, work in p2,k2 rib as set across instep, knit across sole sts.

(Two rounds completed. Proceed to the directions below.)

Round 9: M1P, (in future repeats of this round ALWAYS MAKE THE INCREASE JUST BEFORE THE MARKER and keep the rib that precedes the increase in pattern as set), sm, p1, ssk, (yo, k1) x 3, yo, k2tog, remove marker and p2tog, replace marker, work in rib as set across instep, knit across sole stitches.

Round 10: P1, M1P, (SEE NOTE ABOVE), sm, p1, k9, remove marker and p2tog, replace marker, work in rib as set across instep, knit across sole stitches.

Round 11: P2, M1K, (SEE NOTE ABOVE), sm, p1, ssk, k5, k2tog, remove marker and p2tog, replace marker, work in rib as set across instep, knit across sole stitches.

Round 12: P2, K1, M1K, (SEE NOTE ABOVE), sm, p1, k7, remove marker and p2tog, replace marker, work in rib as set across instep, knit across sole stitches.

Complete Rounds 9-12 FOUR TIMES and Rounds 9 & 10 once more (18 rounds) — remembering to maintain the new rib pattern to the right of the lace panel as it is emerging with each increase.

REPEAT FROM Ease Round One through Round 12 until the foot is the length you require. Make note of which pattern round you completed last as this will matter after you complete the heel (which will be released next week).

Please: if this is unclear in any way, contact me and I will rewrite or change the wording in a useful way so that we all may benefit. I do make errors, although I strive to to give good knit. ;-D

xx M.E. Langieri and Summit Yarn Studio

 

Mystery Sock KAL: Top Down Version –THE TWIST

Now that we all have ourselves set to rights, here is the fun part of the pattern. You are going to take that lace panel and twist (or spiral) it around the leg of your sock as directed below. When the leg is long enough to suit you, stop and note what round you are on. The heel pattern will be released next week.

LEG OF TWIST SOCK
Round 1: (k2, p2) x 4, M1K, sm, p1, SSK, (yo, k1) x 3, yo, k2tog, remove marker and p2tog, replace marker, k1, p2, *k2,p2; rep from * to end of round.

Round 2: (k2, p2) x 4, k1, M1K, sm, p1, k9, remove marker and p2tog, replace marker, p2,
*k2, p2; rep from * to end of round.

Round 3: (k2, p2) x 4, k2, M1P, sm, p1, ssk, k5, k2tog, remove marker and p2tog, replace marker,
P1, *k2, p2; rep from * to end of round.

Round 4: (k2, p2) x 4, k2, p1, M1P, sm, p1, k7, remove marker and p2tog, replace marker,
*k2, p2; rep from * to end of round.

M1K= make one knit, pick up the ladder between the last st worked and the next st and knit into it so the ladder twists.

M1P= make one purl, pick up the ladder between the last st worked and the next st and purl into it so the ladder twists.

Repeat Rounds 1-4 until the leg of your sock is 5-7 inches long. Please let me know if any further clarification is needed. I want this to be a fun experience for everyone! xx M.E. & Summit Yarn

 

Mystery Sock KAL/Toe-Up Version

Here are the Set-Up Rounds for the TOE-UP version of our mystery sock with a twist. Complete these rounds ONCE. The foot section will be published shortly so you can get to knitting. I also have a heel planned that can be done with both versions, has great fit and will last forever due to how it is reinforced.

The beginning of each round is at the beginning of the instep:
Round 1: P2, pm, P1 SSK, (YO, K1) x 3, YO, K2tog, P1, pm, (K2, P2) x 4, K2,
knit across sole sts.
Round 2: P2, sm, P1, K9, P1, sm, (K2, P2) x 4, K2, knit across sole sts.

Round 3: P2, sm, P1, SSK, K5, K2tog, P1, sm, (K2, P2) x4, K2, knit across sole sts.

Round 4: P2, sm, P1, K7, P1, sm, (K2, P2) x 4, K2, knit across sole sts.

 

Mystery Sock KAL/Top Down Version Set-Up Rounds

Here are the first four rounds after the cuff is completed — you will need two stitch markers to show where the insertion pattern belongs — the reason for the markers will be most obvious with the next installment.

Your beginning of round is at the center back of the leg:
Round 1: (K2, P2) x 4, place marker, P1, ssk, (YO, K1) x 3, YO, K2tog, P1, place marker,
(K2, P2) x 8.

Round 2: (K2, P2) x 4, slip marker, P1, K9, P1, sm, (K2, P2) x 8.

Round 3: (K2, P2) x 4, sm, P1, ssk, K5, K2tog, P1, sm, (K2, P2) x 8.

Round 4: (K2, P2) x 4, sm, P1, K7, P1, sm, (K2, P2) x 8.

Stop here. The next part will be posted after I get the Toe-Up Version Set-up posted. Stay tuned for the real fun!

xxx M.E. and Summit Yarn

 

Current Customer Projects and WIP’s — week of 10/23

The Knitter’s of Summit Yarn are one amazing group.  They turn out boatloads of stuff.  Here is the past week in photoessay and commentary.  I am really fortunate to have such an inspired group of women as customers AND friends!

close up of Bev's socks from the February Pattern: Twizzle

 

Bev's completed Twizzle socks!

 

Bev's Noro fingerless mitts in progress

 

Chris completed the June Full Foliage sock kit!

 

Close-up of Full Foliage leg

 

Looks great in a mary jane!

 

There are two Salvia Sock Kits remaining — with assorted goodies and Vatican Pie Colinette Jitterbug sock yarn — and three For The Frill of It Sock Kits remaining — with Velvet Damson Colinette Jitterbug sock yarn and assorted other goodies.  Each kit is $30 and I am happy to ship.  Just call or drop and email to me at:  summityarnstudio@aol.com!

Jordan made Squirrel earrings!

 

Donna's Mitered Crosses blanket so far...love it!

 

This is Donna's completed Hitchiker Scarf...pattern available for purchase on Ravelry. It is great for sock yarn and especially for multicolored yarns! I am going to make one for the studio! (in my spare time...snort)

 

This is Robin in her newest hat and I love this pattern...I think it needs to be socks. The hat pattern is in the most recent issue of Interweave Knits and worked up quickly in the bulky new Juniper Moon Farm Yarn....less than one ball. Next Robin is working up a two color version! Go Robin!

 

This is my completed Serenity Wrap (pattern available from LYS stores that carry Frog Tree Yarns and Patterns) knit in Alpaca Sport Melange....a beautiful heathered buttery soft alpaca...my favorite alpaca in fact.

 

Jamie in her completed hat made out of Bijou Basin yarn. She purchased the yarn last Sunday at Rhinebeck and knit it up in about one day. The pattern is 88 stitches on a US7-8...we made it an inch longer than called for (5" instead of 4") and Jamie wisely chose to graft the top closed instead of just pulling the final stitches tight and it looks fabulous. She is already on to the next project, which I believe is a cowl.

 

close-up of the top of Jamie's hat...this is and eight petal version of Cat Bordhi's favorite toe/heel (which uses 6 petal instead).

 

And finally, a movie recommendation.  My husband found this hilarious subtitled movie on Netflix and I loved it.  If you can rent it, do — it was very well done for it’s genre:

Trollhunter

 

The daily dose of cute is to follow next, along with the various adventures and misadventures of the week, so stay tuned for more!  Take care and Stay Light!

loads of love, light and laughter always,

Mary Ellen and Summit Yarn

 

 

 

Budding Vines Socks — new pattern on Ravelry

It has been awhile since I added a new pattern to my online Ravelry store.  It really does take a bit of courage and moxi to put myself out into the world like this, but the knitters here test knit and loved this pattern…so I make an offering to you.  There have been a couple of requests for my sock patterns.  This will be the first.  The stitch pattern is NOT bobble/popcorns or nupps.  It is worked as you go and does not require you to flip the fabric back and forth to form the buds.  I LOVE THIS feature of this stitch pattern and I hope you will too.  I have a baker’s dozen of new patterns for you, which I will offer later as an eBook, but will offer them singly first to test the waters.

The same sock two ways: in a solid color of Pediboo and in stranded knitting (only at the cuff) in Colinette Jitterbug Java Plum.

close-up of two-color cuff

Solid color cuff in Pediboo by Frog Tree Yarns

Budding Vines is inspired by my son’s vegetable garden which is currently running amok with vines, buds and reaching curlicues everywhere.  To find what he has grown we have to  under leaves and almost crawl along the ground.  It is beautiful and I love pulling up to it everyday as I come into the the studio.  For me, it is an endless source of inspiration.  These socks are part of that and I have my fingers crossed.

Budding Vine Socks Purchase Now Link

The above link will enable you to purchase the pattern here (click on the above buy now button and your computer will link you to purchase the pattern using Pay Pal) and the pattern is definitely available in my online Ravelry Pattern Store.

Have a great day!  I have more to blog later…so stay tuned!  with light, love and laughter, Mary Ellen

 

New On Ravelry: recent uploads in review

It seems to me as I scan both the new uploads to Ravelry, other blogs, and the search items here on my blog there are a few things you guys are looking for:  Shawls Not With Lace, Always an Interesting Scarf, Blankets of Note, Anything With Leaves and a Good Sock To Knit.  The hunt has been fruitful this week.  Some of the patterns are unbelievably free and those that are not are clearly worth the purchase price.  I hope you find this helpful and inspiring!

For starters:  STEPHEN WEST’S mystery kal is up to clue #2 out of 4 clues but the first two clues don’t have you doing very much.  If you have not yet begun, you can this week and stay in the fray with ease.  And FYI, if you have wound your balls on a ball winder, then just work from both ends of the balls for now.

I love the whole concept behind these socks and have been going through my beloved scraps of BMFA to do a pair of these.

love the texture in this cowl!

support a great cause...I will always be a child advocate!

love the use of the sunspots stitch pattern here

Here is a NOT LACE SHAWL which is fun, easy to knit and reversible! YAY!

This is MY TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: colorful (or not if you choose), pleasing to the eye, interesting to knit, exceedingly portable. Undeniably great!

Clearly, this is a designer to keep an eye on in the future...and did you notice the word "FREE"?

Another NO LACE SHAWL with beautiful Celtic Cables...this is in my queue.

Ahh, Fighting the Vertical Oppressors...an interesting sock to knit and full of inspiration!

LOVE this knit sideways shawl, especially the play of the diagonal design against itself at the central point of the shawl!

Other patterns to go look at:

• The Sofya Cowl, a two-color knit by Jennifer Dassau
• Fair Isle Hat by Mary Ann Stephens coming in this Fall’s Vogue Knitting
• Lace Shawl by Candace Eisner Strick, also in this Fall’s Vogue Knitting
• American Brilliant by Sharon Winsauer — if you liked or loved Arsenic and Old Lace then you will LOVE this
• Men’s Swimsuit by Dale Peterson…let me know what you think.
• Soap Sachet by Sara Gresbach…a great last minute gift to let someone know you care!
• Knittens by Wendy D. Johnson…LOVE THEM!
• Shipwreck Shawl in Knitty Spring 2009…saw this at Sock Summit and fell in love!

Here is some final wool to love!  Take care and more later…love and light always, Mary Ellen