Heart Socks Novita Nalle (Teddy Bear)

Stitch pattern

Rib in round: *K1,P1, rep from* to end.

Stocking stitch in round: knit all rows.

Fair isle pattern in round: See chart. Rep rnds 1-16.

Tension

24 sts to 10 cm measured over stocking st or fair isle patt using larger needles

Leg

Using light beige yarn and smaller double-pointed needles cast on 50[60] sts loosely. Distribute sts over 4 of the 5 needles ( =12, 13, 13, 12 [15,15,15,15] sts on each needle) and, taking care not to twist cast-on edge and using 5th needle, work in rounds as follows:

Work in rib in round 3 cm. Change to larger needles. Cont in stocking st in round.

Using light beige yarn knit 2 rnds. Beg and ending rnds as indicated, cont in fair isle patt from chart as folls:

Rnd 1: rep 10 st patt 5(6) times. Work rnds 1-16, then work rnds 1-6 (=3 heart stripes).

Using light beige yarn knit 1 rnd.

Heel Flap and Gusset

Start the heel flap. Using light beige yarn work sts of needle I. onto needle IV. =24[30] sts. Leave sts on needle II. and III.waiting. Work the 24[30] heel sts back and forth in rows in patt as folls:

WS: Row 1: sl1wyf (=with yarn in front), purl to end.

RS: Row 2: * sl1wyb (=with yarn in back), K1, rep from * to end.

Rep rows 1-2 12(15) times =24[30] rows.

Turn Heel

Cont in heel flap patt as before.

RS: Row 1: Work until you have 9[11] sts left on your left hand needle, sl1,K1,psso, turn.

WS: Row 2: sl1wyf, P6[8], P2tog, turn.

RS: Row 3: sl1wyb, work until you have 8[10] sts left on your left hand needle, sl1,K1,psso, turn.

Rep rows 2-3 until all sts have been worked, ending with a RS row. Note that the number of sts left on your left hand needle is decreased by one every other row. Divide 8[10] heel sts onto needle I. =4[5] sts and needle IV. =4[5] sts.

Needle I. : K4[5], pick up and knit 13[16] sts along left edge of heel flap

Needle II. and III.: knit,

Needle IV: pick up and knit 13[16] sts along right edge of heel flap, K4[5].

Join for working in rnds = 60[72] sts.

Shape Gusset

Size 30 only: put last st on needle III. onto needle IV.

Cont in patt from chart as folls:

Rnd 9 (Dec rnd): Needle I. : work 13 sts in patt from chart (= 1 patt rep + 3 sts), using light beige yarn work until you have 2 sts left on needle I., K2tog

Needle II. and III.: work in patt from chart, beg from 3rd [6th ] st in chart,

Needle IV: sl1, K1, psso, using light beige yarn K5[2], cont in patt, beg from 7th st in chart.

Twist yarns in back of work to prevent from forming too long loops.
Rep decreases as before every rnd until the amount of sts is 50[60].

Size 30 only: put first st on needle IV. onto needle III.

Foot

Cont working until foot meas 16[19] cm and you have worked 4[5] heart stripes after heel. Using light beige yarn only cont working until foot meas 16[20] cm or until foot covers your little toe.

Toe

Next rnd: dec evenly 2[4] sts = 48[56] sts.

Dec rnd: K2tog in the middle and at the end of each needle =40[48] sts.

Size 38 only: Work 5 rnds. Rep dec rnd =40 sts.

Work 4 rnds.

Rep dec rnd =32 sts.

Work 3 rnds.

Rep dec rnd = 24 sts.

Work 2 rnds.

Rep dec rnd = 16 sts.

Work 1 rnd.

Rep dec rnd = 8 sts. Break yarn leaving a long end. Pull end through all sts and tighten it. Weave in all ends.

To Make Up

Lightly steam the socks.