Mr. Pitt’s Socks
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On an episode of my father’s favorite show, Seinfeld, Elaine spends an exorbitant amount of time searching for the perfect socks for her picky boss, Mr. Pitt. My father has deemed these simple socks the solution to “Mr. Pitt’s paradox”. They are sized to fit a typical adult man.
Materials: 3 skeins Koigu KPPPM (colorway 2340)
Needles : size 1 circular, 32” for magic loop
Gauge: 24 st/4 in.
Cuff:
Cast on 80 stitches and divide for magic loop or circular knitting
All Rounds: K2, P2 to end.
Continue for 2 inches
Leg:
All Rounds: K3, P1 to end
Continue until sock measures 9 inches
Heel Flap:
Round 1: continue in pattern over first 40 stitches, (sl1 purlwise, K1) over remaining 40 stitches. Turn work to knit flat
Row 2: Purl 40 stitches.
Row 3: (sl1, K1) to end
Repeat Row 2 & 3 until heel flap measures 2.5 inches
Turn Heel:
Row 1: sl1 purlwise, k20, ssk, k1, turn.
Row 2: sl1, p5, p2tog, p1, turn.
Row 3: sl1, knit within 1 st of the gap, ssk, k1, turn.
Row 4: sl1, purl to within one st of the gap, p2tog, p1, turn.
Repeat rows 3 and 4 until all heel sts are worked. End on WS
Gusset:
Sl1 purlwise, knit across heel and then pick up and knit each of the 16 slipped stitches along the side of the heel flap. Work 40 stitches in 3×1 ribbing, as established for the instep (top of sock), pick up and knit the 16 slipped stitches on the other side of the heel flap. NOTE: If you feel that one or two more or less stitches should be picked up along the flap, that Iis fine, you can decrease them out later. Now you have all of your heel and gusset stitches on one side of your magic loop and your instep stitches (40) on the other. Your round now begins in the middle of the heel—you may find it helpful to mark this.
Round 1: Knit across the gusset stitches to last three stitches and K2tog, K1, knit across instep stitches in pattern, (K1, ssk), K to end of round.
Round 2: K to end of gusset, knit across instep stitches in pattern, K to end of round
Repeat rounds 1 & 2 until there are 40 stitches on the gusset side. You will also still have 40 stitches on your instep side—back to the original 80 stitches!
Foot:
Round 1 and all following rounds: K3, P1 across 40 stitches and K remaining 40 stitches (bottom of foot).
Repeat until foot measure 2 inches less then desired length.
Toe:
Round 1: K 17, K2tog, K1 (bottom of foot), (K1, ssk) at the beginning of instep, work to 3 sts from end of instep (k2tog, k1), (k1, ssk) and knit to end of round
Round 2: Knit all stitches
Repeat until there are 20 stitches left on the needle and then repeat only the decrease round until 16 stitches remain. Kitchener stitch those 16 stitches and weave in your ends—you’re done!
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