Socks from the remnants of yarn, knitted with knitting needles, turn out to be as warm and durable as socks knitted from a new skein.
If you have yarn in different colors left. Striped socks can be knitted from it. I knitted socks from yarn of 3 colors.
You can knit socks from the yarn that you have.
Size: (15/17-18/19-20/21) 22/23-24/25-26/28 (29/31-32/34-35/37)
Foot length: (10-11-12) 13-15-17 (18-20-22) cm.
Leg length: (5-5-5) 6-6-6 (7-7-7) cm.
Materials: Regia Premium Merino Yak от Schachenmayr
(50-50-50) 50-50-50 (100-100-100) g colour №7523, 7518, 7513.
Double pointed needles size 2.5 mm – or size.
Needed to get 30 sts x 42 rows in stocking st. = 10 x 10 cm.
Socks from the remnants of yarn
Socks from the remnants of yarn worked in the round on double pointed needles.
Cast on (44-48-52) 52-56-56 (60-64-64) sts on double pointed needles size 2.5 mm with Delight. Work rib = K 2/P 2 for (3-3-3) 4-4-4 (5-5-5) cm. Work 1 round in stocking st while AT THE SAME TIME on first row dec (8-8-8) 8-10-10 (10-10-10) sts evenly = (36-40-44) 44-46-46 (50-54-54) sts.
Continue in stocking st until piece measures 5-5-5 (6-6-6) 7-7-7 cm. Now slip the last (18-22-22) 22-24-24 (24-28-28) sts on a stitch holder (= on top of foot), continue to work in stocking st over the next (18-18-22) 22-22-22 (26-26-26) sts for heel. Work until heel measures (3-3½-4) 4-4½-4½ (5-5-5) cm. Insert a marker in the piece.
Continue dec like this with 1 st less before every dec until (10-10-10) 10-10-10 (14-14-14) sts remain on needle.
HEEL DECREASE – see explanation above! After heel decrease, knit up (8-9-10) 10-11-12 (13-13-13) sts on each side of heel and slip the (18-22-22) 22-24-24 (24-28-28) sts from the stitch holder back on needle = (44-50-52) 52-56-58 (64-68-68) sts. Insert a marker on each side of the (18-22-22) 22-24-24 (24-28-28) sts on top of foot.
Heel decrease Socks from the remnants of yarn:
- Row 1 (= RS). K until (5-5-7) 7-7-7 (7-7-7) sts remain, slip 1 st as if to K, K 1, psso, turn piece.
- Row 2 (= WS). P until (5-5-7) 7-7-7 (7-7-7) sts remain, slip 1 st as if to P, P 1, psso, turn piece.
- Row 3 (= RS). K until (4-4-6) 6-6-6 (6-6-6) sts remain, slip 1 st as if to K, K 1, psso, turn piece.
- Row 4 (= WS). P until (4-4-6) 6-6-6 (6-6-6) sts remain, slip 1 st as if to P, P 1, psso, turn piece.
Continue in stocking st – AT THE SAME TIME dec in each side as follows. K tog the last 2 sts before the (18-22-22) 22-24-24 (24-28-28) sts on top of foot twisted (i.e. work in back loop of st instead of front) and K tog the first 2 sts after the (18-22-22) 22-24-24 (24-28-28) sts.
Repeat dec every other round a total of (4-5-6) 6-6-7 (8-8-8) times = (36-40-40) 40-44-44 (48-52-52) sts. Continue to work until piece measures (7-8-9) 9-11-13 (14-16-18) cm from marker on heel (approx. (3-3-3) 4-4-4 (4-4-4) cm remain until finished measurements).
Now insert a marker in each side so that there are (18-20-20) 20-22-22 (24-26-26) sts both on top of foot and under foot. On next round dec 1 st on each side of both markers for toe.
Decrease tip:
Work until 2 sts remain before marker. K 2 tog, then K 2 twisted tog . (i.e. work in back loop of st instead of front).
Repeat dec every other round a total of (5-4-4) 7-6-6 (5-5-5) times. And then every round (1-3-3) 0-2-2 (4-5-5) times = 12 sts remain on needle. On next round K tog all sts 2 by 2. Cut the thread and pull it through the remaining sts, tighten tog and fasten.
Read also:
- Men’s 5-spoked socks with step-by-step description.
- Beautiful knitted socks with lace pattern and small cables
I hope that you will easily knit socks from the remnants of yarn.
