Today we have some great news for all of the cheerleaders out there. Jennifer Young, the designer of the first pattern used in Sock Madness is generously allowing us to share the pattern with everyone right here!
This will not be the case with all of the rounds because, as you may be aware, we made a deal with the designers to allow them to control how their patterns are shared beyond their use in Sock Madness. I know that one will be distributed by the designer’s local yarn store and I suspect that others may be sold on the designers web sites.
As you may have seen in the flickr group, there have been many great color and pattern combinations already. What can you come up with?
Mad Cow Socks
(click above for download or read on)
By Jennifer Booker Young
jenniferteacher@gmail.com
Materials: 2x 2.5mm circular needles
1x 50g skein solid sock yarn
1x 50g skein variegated sock yarn (1-3” color repeats)
tapestry needle
Toe-up
With solid color (S) fish tail cast on 8 stitches. Knit around one time.
Rounds 1-3- *kfb, knit across. Kfb, k1* both needles
Round 4 and even rounds- knit
Rounds 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 17- *kfb, knit across. Kfb, k1* both needles (56 stitches)
Note- This is a stripe pattern, so simply adjust stitch count as necessary to fit your size and gauge. This will fit a
US Women’s size 7.5-8.
Begin stripe pattern:
Rounds 1-4- knit variegated yarn (V)
Round 5- knit solid yarn (S)
Round 6- Knit V
Rounds 7-10- Knit S
Repeat pattern 6 times or to fit.
Working only on the heel needle:
Row 1 (WS)- purl across, do not work the last stitch, slip it to right needle, move yarn to back of work, slip it back to left needle (yarn should be wrapped around the stitch), turn.
R2 (RS)- knit across, do not work the last stitch, slip it to right needle, move yarn to back of work, slip it back to left needle (yarn should be wrapped around the stitch), turn.
R3- purl across, do not work the last previously worked stitch, slip it to right needle, move yarn to back of work, slip it back to left needle (yarn should be wrapped around the stitch), turn. There should now be two wrapped stitches at this end of work.
R4- knit across, do not work the last previously worked stitch, slip it to right needle, move yarn to front of work, slip it back to left needle (yarn should be wrapped around the stitch), turn. There should now be two wrapped stitches at this end of work.
Continue in this manner until there are 9 wrapped stitches at each end. Continue several more times if you prefer a deeper heel.
Begin heel turn.
Row 1 (WS)- Purl across unwrapped stitches (10), at the first wrapped stitch, pick up the wrap and purl it together with the stitch. Wrap the adjacent stitch once more and turn.
Row 2 (RS)- Knit across unwrapped stitches (11), at the first wrapped stitch, pick it up and knit it together with the stitch. Wrap the adjacent stitch once more and turn.
Continue in this manner until all wrapped stitches have been picked up and worked.
Leg-
Working in the round once again, work stripe pattern in reverse.
Rounds 1-4- knit solid yarn (S)
Round 5- knit variegated yarn (V)
Round 6- Knit S
Rounds 7-10- Knit V
Repeat 4 times.
Cuff-
R1-10- k2, p2 rib
Bind off loosely. I bind off two stitches then pick up the bar between the second and third stitch (i.e. the adjacent bar) and bind it off around to create a stretchy top.
Top Down
With solid (S) yarn, cast on 56 stitches. Join being careful not to twist.
Cuff- R1-10- k2, p2 rib
Leg-
Rounds 1-4- knit variegated yarn (V)
Round 5- knit solid yarn (S)
Round 6- Knit V
Rounds 7-10- Knit S
Repeat 4 times.
Working only on the heel needle:
Row 1 (WS)- purl across, do not work the last stitch, slip it to right needle, move yarn to back of work, slip it back to left needle (yarn should be wrapped around the stitch), turn.
R2 (RS)- knit across, do not work the last stitch, slip it to right needle, move yarn to back of work, slip it back to left needle (yarn should be wrapped around the stitch), turn.
R3- purl across, do not work the last previously worked stitch, slip it to right needle, move yarn to back of work, slip it back to left needle (yarn should be wrapped around the stitch), turn. There should now be two wrapped stitches at this end of work.
R4- knit across, do not work the last previously worked stitch, slip it to right needle, move yarn to front of work, slip it back to left needle (yarn should be wrapped around the stitch), turn. There should now be two wrapped stitches at this end of work.
Continue in this manner until there are 9 wrapped stitches at each end. Continue several more times if you prefer a deeper heel.
Begin heel turn.
Row 1 (WS)- Purl across unwrapped stitches (10), at the first wrapped stitch, pick up the wrap and purl it together with the stitch. Wrap the adjacent stitch once more and turn.
Row 2 (RS)- Knit across unwrapped stitches (11), at the first wrapped stitch, pick it up and knit it together with the stitch. Wrap the adjacent stitch once more and turn.
Continue in this manner until all wrapped stitches have been picked up and worked.
Foot-
Resume stripe pattern in reverse:
Rounds 1-4- knit solid yarn (S
Round 5- knit) variegated yarn (V)
Round 6- Knit S
Rounds 7-10- Knit V
Repeat pattern 6 times or to fit.
Toe-
Round 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13- *k1, ssk, knit to last 3 stitches, k2tog, k1* both needles (total 28 stitches remaining)
Round 2 and even rounds- knit
Rounds 15-17- *k1, ssk, knit to last 3 stitches, k2tog, k1* both needles
Three needle bind off or
kitcheners stitch remaining stitches (8 per needle).
If you have not knit socks before:
A photo tutorial of the cast on is here (http://www.knitty.com/issuewinter02/FEATtiptoptoes.html), simply scroll down.
A photo tutorial of short row heels is here (http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/554).
(Short row heels are knit the same way toe up or top down.)
A photo tutorial of a leg cast on for two circular needles is here (http://www.az.com/~andrade/knit/twocirculars.html).
A photo tutorial of a
kitchener stitch (for top down socks) is here (
http://www.purlwise.com/2004/04/lily_theyre_don.html#more).
