Size: Men's Medium (can be knit in any size, for men or women)
Materials: Plymouth Yarn Dreambaby DK solid, or any DK weight yarn.
Recommended needle size: set of 4 size #2 DPNs. (always use a needle size that gives you
the gauge below; every knitter's gauge is unique)
Gauge: 29 sts, 36 rows= 4 inches in stockinette stitch.
PATTERN:
Cuff: Using long-tail cast-on method, CO 60 sts. Place 15 sts on Needles 1 and 2, and 30 sts on Needle 3. Join, being careful not to twist sts, and work K1, P1 ribbing for 3/4". Switch to stockinette stitch for 3/4".
Heel: Work short row heel back and forth on 30 sts on Needle 3.
Knit sts on Needles 1 and 2. On Needle 3, start Short Row Heel:
Row 1 (RS): K 28, yf (yarn forward), slip next st to RH needle, yb (yarn back), slip wrapped st back to LH needle, turn.
Row 2 (WS): P 26, yb, sl next st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn.
Row 3: Knit to one st before wrapped st, yf, sl next st to RH needle, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn.
Row 4: Purl to one st before last wrapped st, yb, sl next st to RH needle, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn.
Repeat rows 3 and 4 until 16 sts remain unwrapped, ending with a WS row.
Reverse short-row shaping (2nd half of heel):
Row 1 (RS): Knit 16, knit next st together with its wrap, yf, sl next st to RH needle, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn. This st now has 2 wraps.
Row 2 (WS): Purl 17, purl next st together with its wrap, yb, sl next st to RH needle, yf, return st to LH needle, turn.
Row 3: Knit to next wrapped st, knit st together with both of its wraps, yf, sl next st to RH needle, yb, slip st back to LH needle, turn.
Row 4: Purl to next wrapped st, purl st together with both of its wraps, yb, sl next st to RH needle, yf, slip st back to LH needle, turn.
Repeat Rows 3 and 4 until all stitches are knit/purled together with their wraps. Note that the last two rows will only have one wrap each. You will end with a wrong side row, and have 60 sts total.
[To avoid a gap between the heel and the instep, you can take this extra step: Knit across Needle 3, pick up a stitch between Needle 3 and Needle 1. Knit across Needles 1 and 2. Pick up a stitch between Needle 2 and Needle 3. On next round knit the picked-up stitches together with the stitches that follow; you will again have 60 sts]
Foot: Continue in stockinette stitch until sock is 1 1/2 " short of desired length.Toe:
Row 1: N1: ssk, knit to end; N2: knit to 2 sts before end, k2tog; N3: ssk, knit until 2 sts from end, k2tog.
Row 2: Knit.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 40 stitches remain.
Repeat Row 1 only until 20 stitches remain.
Cut yarn, leaving about a 12 inch tail and graft sts together using Kitchener stitch.
