If You Know Where To Go Sock Pattern

If You Know Where To Go
By Erica Lueder

Materials

Yarn: Fingering Weight - approx 350 - 400yds

Sample sock knit with Fresh From the Cauldron’s Superwash Sock Yarn in the Diagon Alley Colorway.

Needles: US 2 (2.75mm) – set of 2 Circular Needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Gauge: 32sts per 4 inches (10cm)

Brick Stitch Leg Pattern
(Repeat from * to *)
Row 1 & 2: knit
Row 3 & 4: *p3, k1*
Row 5: knit
Row 6 & 7: *p1, k1, p2*
Row 8 & 9: knit
Row 10 & 11: *p1, k1, p2*
Row 12: knit
Row 13 & 14: *p3, k1*

Linen Stitch Heel Pattern
Row 1 (WS): sl 1, p1, *sl 1 wyib, p1* repeat to end of row
Row 2 (RS): sl 1, k1, *sl 1 wyif, k1* repeat to end of row

INSTRUCTIONS:

Cuff

CO 64 sts, divide evenly over 2 circular needles (32 sts each needle). Join for knitting in the round.

Work 15 rows of ribbing: *k1, p1*

Leg

Begin Brick Stitch Leg Pattern for a total of 4 pattern repeats or until you have reached your desired length ending with row 14 of pattern.

Heel Flap

The heel flap is worked using ndl 2; ndl 1 is holding the instep sts. Knit the Linen Stitch Heel Pattern for a total of 18 pattern repeats (36 total rows) ending with Row 2 of the pattern. This leaves 18 edge sts for pick up after the heel is turned.

Heel Turn

With WS facing you, Sl 1, p 16, p2tog, p1, turn
Next row: sl 1, k3, ssk, k1, turn
Next row: sl 1, p4, p2tog, p1, turn
Next row: sl 1, k5, ssk, k1, turn
Next row: sl 1, p6, p2tog, p1, turn
Next row: sl 1, k7, ssk, k1, turn

**continue in this manner until all sts are have been knit – there should be 18 heel sts left on the needle at this point.**

Pick up the heel flap sts.

Using the ndl holding the heel sts (now referred to as ndl1): pu 18 sts along the heel flap, pu 1 extra st between the heel flap and the instep (to close the gap), pm, k across half of the instep sts (16 sts) in pattern. Switch to the other needle (now referred to as ndl 2).

Using ndl 2: continue across second half of the instep sts (16 sts) in pattern, pm, pu 1 extra st between instep and heel flap (to close gap), pu 18 heel flap sts, continue to knit across half of the heel sts (9 sts)

**at this point there should be 44 sts on each needle**

Gusset

Set up row:

Ndl 1: k across the heel and heel flap sts until you reach 2 sts before the marker, ssk, sm, continue to knit across the instep sts in pattern.
Ndl 2: k across the instep sts in pattern, sm, k2tog, k to end

Now we’re ready to get going on the gusset

Row 1: Ndl 1: k to 3 sts before marker, k2tog, k1, sm, knit instep sts in pattern
Ndl 2: k across instep sts in pattern, sm, k1, ssk, k to end

Row 2: Ndl 1: K to marker, sm, continue across instep sts in pattern
Ndl 2: k across instep sts in pattern, sm, k to end

**Repeat these 2 rows until there are 32 sts left on each needle (21 gusset rows total, not including the set-up row)**

Redistribute the sts so ndl 1 carries the instep sts and ndl 2 carries the sole sts.

Instep

Continue knitting in pattern (ndl 1: the Brick Stitch Leg Pattern, ndl 2: St st) until you have reached your desired length ending with row 14 of the Brick Stitch Leg Pattern.

Toe

Toe Shaping
Decrease rounds are knit as follows:
*k1, ssk, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1*

Row 1: decrease (30 sts per ndl)
Row 2 & 3: knit
Row 4: decrease (28 sts per ndl)
Row 5 & 6: knit
Row 7: decrease (26 sts per ndl)
Row 8 & 9: knit
Row 10: decrease (24 sts per ndl)
Row 11: knit
Row 12: decrease (22 sts per ndl)
Row 13: knit
Row 14: decrease (20 sts per ndl)
Row 15: decrease (18 sts per ndl)
Row 16: decrease (16 sts per ndl)
Row 17: decrease (14 sts per ndl)
Row 18: decrease (12 sts per ndl)

Finishing

Cut yarn leaving a 10 inch tail and weave through remaining sts using the Kitchener technique. Weave in all ends and congratulate yourself on knitting a beautiful sock J Now knit the other one if you haven’t already!

Abbreviations:
CO: cast on
k: knit
k2tog: knit 2 stitches together
ndl: needle
p: purl
p2tog: purl 2 stitches together
pm: place marker
pu: pick up
sl 1: slip one stitch as if to purl
ssk: slip, slip, knit
St st: Stockinette Stitch
sts: stitches
WS: wrong side
wyib: with yarn in back
wyif: with yarn in front

Inspiration:

Diagon Alley can be described as a twisted cobbled street located somewhere in the middle of London. It is also the place to go if a Witch or a Wizard needs to get a little shopping done. The only problem is, no one is able to get there unless “yeh know where to go”, as Hagrid so elegantly states in J.K. Rowling’s book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Inspired by the brick wall entrance found in the back of the Leaky Cauldron, and the endless maze of cobblestone alleys and brick buildings, this textured pattern develops as one knits and is also rather hidden (especially in this particular colorway) to those who do not know that it is there.