Randy's Socks

 These socks are great for fall, early spring, and warmer winter days.  They are hand knitted using Paton's Kroy sock yarn.  Kroy yarn is a bit thicker than some fingering weight yarns, and it wears very well.  I love knitting with it.  It makes a really nice pair of socks.

I used the pattern, "How I Make my Socks," by Susan B. Anderson.  On her blog, she has instructions for making the men's socks larger, which I used.  

So, I cast on 72 stitches with size US1 (2.25mm) needles using the Norwegian cast on.  My gauge was 9 stitches and 11 rows per inch.  I knit ribbing of k2, p2 for 2", then switched to size US 1.5 (2.5mm) needles and knit the leg in k3, p1.  I knit the leg for 4.5" total.  I used 2 balls of Paton's Kroy sock yarn.  When knitting a longer leg, I would need 3 balls of yarn.

 

                              Two pairs of Paton's Kroy socks and Opal 8 ply socks.

Randy loves his warm socks!

Notes: 
Leg:  4.5 inches total.  Stop after needle 3.  Heel flap:  36 stitches, needles 4 and 1.  18 slipped stitches.  Heel flap:  2 3/4".  Gusset decreases to 72 stitches.

Heel turn:  sl 1, p19 (20 stitches), p2 tog, p1, turn.  Slip 1, k5, ssk k1, turn.  You will end up with 20 stitches on the needle after heel turn.

Pick up 18 sl stitches plus one in the corner.  Decrease twice in a row because of the extra stitch.  Then decrease every other row.

Toe decreases every other row to 40 stitches, then knit 1 round.  Then every row to 32 stitches.

Men's pattern says work foot to 2" shorter than foot.  Toe to 32 stitches (16 plus 16).  Kitchener 16 and 16 together.

I worked the foot to 9 1/4" then did the toe.  He needed a bit longer length from the last sock.

The socks turned out very nice.  It used almost the whole 2 balls of Paton's Kroy sock yarn.

Really nice socks!