Lacy Toe Up Sock Pattern

Gauge: 24 sts and 36 rounds = 4" over stockinette

Size: woman's medium

Abbreviations:
co cast on

k knit

k2tog knit 2 together

m1 make 1

p purl

p2tog purl 2 together

rs right side

ssk (slip, slip, knit) slip a stitch as if to knit to right-hand needle, slip a secondstitch as if to knit, slip both stitches back to left-hand needle and knit together throughback loops

sssk slip next 3 sts knitwise, one at a time, to right needle, insert left needleback into front of these 3 sts, knit them together

st(s) stitch(es)

w&t wrap and turnws wrong side

yo yarn over

Toe:
Using the figure-8 method, co 16 (8 sts on each of 2 needles).

Plain round: K all sts.

Increase round: [K1, m1, k to 1 st before end of needle, m1, k1] twice. Divide 20 sts evenly among 4 needles. Work Increase round every other round until there are 48 sts.

Use the chart to start the 6-row lace pattern, involving yarn-overs and right- and left-leaning decreases. To make yarn-overs smaller when needed, simply skip the yarn-over and pick up the yarn on the next row instead. Continues to work in the lace pattern until the sock measures 3-1/2" less than the length of the foot, and then begins gusset increases.

Foot:
K1, p2, work first row of lace pattern, p2, k to end of round.
Continue in established pattern until the foot of the sock measures 3-1/2" less than the length of the foot:

K1, p2, work next row of Lace Pattern, p2, k to end of round. Work the following two rounds 9 times, or until there are 66 stitches:

Even Round: K1, p2, work next row of Lace Pattern, p2, k to end of round.

Increase Round: K1, p2, work next row of Lace Pattern, p2, k1, m1, k to end of round, m1.

K1, p2, work next row of Lace Pattern, p2, k1. Heel will be worked back and forth over remaining 42 sts in round.

Fitting:
Begin short rows to knit the heel area, turning and wrapping and then going back and picking the wraps up. Continue to knit back and forth in this manner; then, to connect the heel flap to the gusset, knit to the gap and then decreases. Finally, create a small ribbed cuff and do a sewn bind-off.

Heel:
Row 1 (RS): K 32, w&t.

Row 2 (WS): P 22, w&t.

Row 3 (RS): K 21, w&t.

Row 4 (WS): P 20, w&t.

Row 5 (RS): K 19, w&t.

Row 6 (WS): P 18, w&t.

Row 7 (RS): K 17, w&t.

Row 8 (WS): P 16, w&t.

Row 9 (RS): K 15, w&t.

Row 10 (WS): P 14, w&t.

Row 11 (RS): K 13, w&t.

Row 12 (WS): P 12, w&t.

Row 13 (RS): K 11, w&t.

Next row (WS):
P 11; p next 5 sts, picking up each wrap (loop of yarn wrapped around base of stitch) and purling it together with the st it had wrapped; pick up next wrap and place on left needle, p3tog (wrap on left needle, st that it had wrapped, and next st, all purled together). Turn work (do not wrap st).

Next row (RS):
Slip 1, k 16, k next 6 sts, picking up each wrap and knitting it together with the st it had wrapped; pick up next wrap and place on left needle, sssk (wrap, st that it had wrapped, and next st, all worked together.) Turn work (do not wrap st).

Next Row (WS):
Slip 1, p 22, p2tog. Turn work.

Next Row (RS): Slip 1, k 22, ssk. Turn work.

Repeat last 2 rows 7 times more until all heel sts have been worked; do not turn work on last row. 24 heel sts remain.

Leg:
The leg will be worked in the round over all 48 sts.

[K1, p2, work next row of Lace Pattern, p2, k1] twice.

Repeat round until leg is 6" from end of heel.

Ribbing:
Work 1x1 rib: k1, [p2, k2] to last st in round, k1.

Repeat 2x2 rib round until ribbing measures 1".

BO using sewn bind-off and weave in ends using tapestry needle.