Materials Required:
AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY
"DAWN" KNITTING WORSTED
7 ounces White
1 ounce each Violet, Black, Watermelon and Peacock or colors of your choice
1 Set Double Pointed Knitting Needles No. 8 OR ANY SIZE NEEDLES WHICH WILL RESULT IN STITCH GAUGE BELOW.
GAUGE: 5 sts = 1 inch
With White cast on 48 sts. Divide sts on 3 needles. START CUFF. 1st ROUND: * P 1, K 3, repeat from * all around. 2nd ROUND: * With Watermelon K 1, drop Watermelon, with White K 3, drop White, repeat from * all around. 3rd ROUND: With Watermelon popcorn st in next st (popcorn st: * keeping sts on needle, K in front of st, K in back of st, repeat from * once, drop st from left needle, pass each of the 1 st 3 loops over the last loop, one at a time), drop Watermelon, with White K 3, drop White, repeat from beg all around. 4th ROUND: With White K all around. 5th ROUND: With White * P I, K 3, repeat from * all around. 6th ROUND: With Black K all around. 7th ROUND: With White K all around. 8th ROUND: With White * P 1, K 3, repeat from * all around. 9th ROUND: With White P 1, K 1, * with Peacock K 1, with White K 1, P 1, K 1, repeat from * all around ending with K 1. 10th ROUND: With White P 1, K 1, * with Peacock popcorn st in next st, with White K 1, P 1, K 1, repeat from * all around ending with K 1. 11th and 12th ROUNDS: Repeat 8th round. 13th ROUND: With Black K all around. 14th ROUND: With White K all around. Then repeat the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th rounds once but work popcorn sts in Violet. NEXT ROUND: With White P all around, turn. NEXT ROUND: * K 3, P 1, repeat from * all around. Repeat last round for 13 inches from cuff or until length desired. HEEL: Divide sts as follows: sl last 5 sts from 1st needle and 1st 4 sts from 3rd needle onto 2nd needle for instep (25 sts). Place these sts on a st holder. Work heel sts in stockinette st (K 1 row, P 1 row) for 2½ inches ending with a P row, (always sl 1st st on these rows). TURN HEEL: Sl 1, K 12, sl 1, K 1, p.s.s.o., K 1, turn; sl 1, P 4, P 2 tog, P 1, turn; sl 1, K 5, sl 1, K 1, p.s.s.o., K 1, turn; sl 1, P 6, P 2 tog, P 1, turn. Continue in this manner until all sts have been worked ending with a K row (13 sts on needle). Divide these sts on 2 needles. With 6 sts on needle pick up 12 sts on side of heel (1 st needle), always work in pattern across the 25 instep sts (2nd needle), pick up 12 sts on other side of heel and add remaining 7 sts of heel to 3rd needle. NEXT ROUND: Work even. Dec every other row as follows: 1st needle: K to within 3 sts, K 2 tog, K 1; 2nd needle: work in pattern; 3rd needle: K 1, sl 1, K 1, p.s.s.o., K remaining sts. NEXT ROUND: Work even. Repeat last 2 rounds until there are 48 sts on needles. Work even until heel is 2½ inches less than desired length, discontinue pattern on instep sts, sl 1 st from 2nd needle to 1st needle. SHAPE TOE: 1st needle: K to within 3 sts, K 2 tog, K 1 ; 2nd needle: K 1, sl 1, K 1, p.s.s.o., work to within 3 sts, K 2 tog, K 1; 3rd needle: K 1, sl 1, K 1, p.s.s.o., K to end of round. NEXT ROUND: Work even. Repeat last 2 rounds until 20 sts remain, 10 sts on instep needle, 5 sts on each of the back needles ending with 1st needle, cut yarn leaving a 12 inch length. Weave sts of toe tog.
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