Favorite Socks (21 page)
Authors: Ann Budd
ABBREVIATIONS
beg | begin(s); beginning |
BO | bind off |
CC | contrast color |
ch | crochet chain |
cm | centimeter(s) |
cn | cable needle |
CO | cast on |
dec(s) | decrease(s); decreasing |
dpn | double-pointed needles |
g | gram(s) |
inc(s) | increase(s); increasing |
k | knit |
klf&b | knit into the front and back of same st |
kwise | knitwise; as if to knit |
m | marker(s) |
MC | main color |
mm | millimeter(s) |
Ml | make one (increase) |
p | purl |
plf&b | purl into front and back of same st |
patt(s) | pattern(s) |
psso | pass slipped st over |
pwise | purlwise; as if to purl |
rem | remain(s); remaining |
rep | repeat(s) |
rev St st | reverse stockinette stitch |
rnd(s) | round(s) |
RS | right side |
sc | single crochet |
sl | slip |
sl st | slip st (slip 1 st pwise unless otherwise indicated) |
ssk | slip, slip, knit (decrease) |
ssp | slip, slip, purl (decrease) |
sssp | slip, slip, slip, purl (double decrease) |
st(s) | stitch(es) |
St st | stockinette stitch |
tbl | through back loop |
tog | together |
WS | wrong side |
wyb | with yarn in back |
wyf | with yarn in front |
yd | yard(s) |
yo | yarnover |
* | repeat starting point |
* * | repeat all instructions between asterisks |
( ) | alternate measurements and/or instructions |
[ ] | instructions worked as a group a specified number of times. |
1 x 1 Rib Cast-On
Leaving a long tail (about ½" [1.3 cm] for each stitch to be cast on), make a slipknot and place on right needle. The slipknot counts as the first stitch. Place thumb and index finger of your left hand between the yarn ends so that working yarn is around your index finger and tail end is around your thumb, then secure the yarn ends with your other fingers. Hold your palm upwards, making a V of yarn. There will be four strands of yarn: 1, 2, 3, and 4 (
Figure 1
). *Bring the needle under strand 1, from front to back, then bring it over the top of strand 3 (
Figure 2
) and down through the loop around your thumb (
Figure 3
). Drop the loop off your thumb and, placing your thumb back in the V configuration, tighten up the resulting stitch on the needle. Then bring the needle under strand 4, from back to front, then under strand 2 (
Figure 4
) and back through the loop around your index finger. Drop the loop off your index finger (
Figure 5
) and, placing your index finger back in the V configuration, tighten up the resulting stitch on the needle. There will now be 2 more stitches on the needle. Repeat from * for the desired number of stitches.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
Figure 5
Make a slipknot of working yarn and place on the left needle if there are no stitches already there. *Use the right needle to knit the first stitch (or slipknot) on left needle (
Figure 1
) and place new loop onto left needle to form a new stitch (
Figure 2
). Repeat from * for the desired number of stitches, always knitting into the last stitch made.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Leaving a long tail (about ½" [1.3 cm] for each stitch to be cast on), make a slipknot and place on right needle. Place thumb and index finger of your left hand between the yarn ends so that working yarn is around your index finger and tail end is around your thumb and secure the yarn ends with your other fingers. Hold your palm upwards, making a V of yarn (
Figure 1
). *Bring needle up through loop on thumb (
Figure 2
), catch first strand around index finger, and go back down through loop on thumb (
Figure 3
). Drop loop off thumb and, placing thumb back in V configuration, tighten resulting stitch on needle (
Figure 4
). Repeat from * for the desired number of stitches.
Figure 1
