BLIZZARD SOCKS
Design by: Michele Meadows
Size: Womens Medium
Yarn: 4 balls Sirdar KIKO (col no. 416)
Needles: 8.00 mm double point set
Tension: 10 sts and 14 rows = 10 cm/4
ins
Cast on 20 sts loosely, divide sts evenly onto 3
needles.
Join in round, place a marker on first st.
Work 6 rounds of K1/P1 ribbing.
Knit 20 rounds.
Heel Flap:
K 5, turn, P 10 = Heel Flap
Leave rem 10 sts on 2 spare needles.
Work back and forth on Heel Flap sts as
follows-
Row 1- [Slip 1 knitways, k1] rep [to]
Row 2- Slip 1 purlways, p to end
Rep these 2 rows until heel flap meas 6 cm/ 2
1/2 ins ending with a Row 2.
Shape Heel:
Row 1- K3, k2tog tbl (through back loop), k5
Row 2- P3, p2tog, p2, turn
Row 3- K1, k2tog tbl, k1, turn
Row 4- P1, p2tog, p2, turn
Row 5- K2, k2tog tbl, k2, do not turn.
Pick up and k 8 sts along side of heel, place a
marker, k 10 sts from spare needles onto 1
needle, place a marker, pick up and k 8 sts
along opposite side of heel, k 3 sts from top of
heel onto same needle (this will now be start
of each round), slip next 2 sts onto 1st needle
= 31 sts.
Rnd 1- K until 3 sts from 1st marker, k2tog, k1,
k to next marker, k1, sl1, k1, psso, k to end
Rnd 2- Knit
Rep these 2 rnds until 19 sts remain.
Continue in Knit rounds until work meas 17.5
cm/ 7 ins from pick up row.
K 1 rnd, dec 1 st at centre of 2nd needle = 18
sts.
Shape Toe:
Rnd 1- K until 2 sts before 1st marker, [k2tog,
k2tog tbl], k until 2 sts before next marker, rep
[to], k to end
Rnd 2- Knit
Rep these 2 rnds until 10 sts remain.
Cut yarn and graft toe sts together.
Sew in ends.