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Here’s a quick and easy pattern for some very warm house-socks for your favorite guy (I say guy because they are sized for a man’s foot – US size 10 1/2 – 12). They only take a few hours to knit, so are perfect for a last minute gift! I used Encore worsted (doubled) to ensure that they could take some abuse (or at least washing). They’re worked from the toe up and are a quick way to try out Judy’s magic cast on (my favorite for toe-up socks) and a toe up heel flap.
I’ve also worked out a little trick to eliminate the hole at the gusset/heel flap join. I can’t guarantee that this method is original, only that my pictures are! If you give it a try, let me know what you think and if it worked for you. To set up the join, leave the final gusset stitch unworked until you have begun working in the round. This method decreases the last gusset stitch backwards, so that you are knitting in the round and can close up the final gap between gusset and heel flap. [If this doesn’t make sense, it might help to take a look at the pattern]
One: after knitting the last gusset stitch, pick up one leg of horizontal stitch from previous row
Two: twist picked up stitch and place on left needle
Three: place previously knitted stitch on left needle
Four: pass picked up stitch and last heel flap stitch over knitted stitch
As far as the pattern goes – it hasn’t been tech edited and has only been knitted by me, so please let me know if you find any mistakes!
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Thanks for sharing the pattern. I plan on making some as a birthday gift.
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These socks look great – I’ve already started on a pair!
Question: At what point do you change colours for the heel? Do I start with my contrast colour at Row 1 for “Make heel flap”?
PS: All your work looks beautiful!
Hi Claudette! Yes, when you want to change colors, switch to your second color when you start to make the heel flap.
I love this pattern! When the pattern is reading needle 1 and needle 2, I got a little confused. I will be on a circular needle so will I work one sock at a time.
Hi! I’m glad you like the socks! The pattern is actually written using the magic loop method, which is a way of knitting socks in the round using a circular needle instead of double pointed needles. Take a look at this tutorial if you are interested in trying it out (don’t mind the knit picks ads): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdSpc0EZpnk . If you don’t want to try magic loop and prefer to knit on small circular needles in the round, you could place a stitch marker at the mid-point of the cast on stitches and just treat the first set of stitches as “needle 1” and the second half as “needle 2”. Hope this helps!
Any chance you made a video?
I am a noob at knitting and reading patterns. For the magic cast on, are we to cast on 14 stitches total or 14 on each needle?
Hi! You should be casting on 14 stitches total. Happy knitting! :)
Long time knitter here, first time knitting socks..lol
Make heel flap..when done with picking up wraps Row 1 -11 Should we have 15 stitches again on needle one?? I have 18 lol
Is there a pattern for regular knitting instead of magic loop knitting for these socks? Thank you!
Love these – making them for my man and my son to keep them warm this winter – thank-you!