Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 18:38:09 -0600 From: SylviaPFD@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Knit: premie sock pattern, [...] PREEMIE SOCK PATTERN/simple k2p2 rib tube sock One of the Joans asked if I had a sock pattern that would fit her DGN who is on the small side. Knitbuddy Lois and I ethered about it and today I sent Joan the following pattern. These knit up quickly and will be very much appreciated. Lois and I agreed that a tube sock in a stretchy fabric would be best for tiny fast-growing people. Play with the toe shaping or add a fancier cable down the front. This is the plain version, knit from the top down, and they are stretchy enough to fit a newborn chubby baby's feet too. Haven't proof-read it yet, but it's pretty mindless and if there are blaring errors follow your own judgment. ***First Socks*** Gauge in stockinette: 7 1/2 to 8 sts per inch. Yarn: baby fingering to get the above gauge with a #1 or #2 (US) needle #4 or #5 needle: cast on 40 st. [40] #2 needle: Work a total of 64 rounds or 5 1/2 inches of knit 2, purl 2 rib. 65: K 2, p 2, k 2, p 2 tog, k 2, p 2 tog, (k 2, p 2) three times, k 2, p 2 tog, k 2, p 2 tog, (k 2, p 2) twice. [36] 66: Knit the knit stitches and purl the purl stitches for one round. 67: (K 2, p 2 tog, k 2, p 1, k 2, p 1, k 2, p 2 tog, k 2, p 2) twice. [32] 68: Knit the knit stitches and purl the purl stitches for one round. 69: (Slip 1, k 1, psso (skp), p 1, skp, p 1, k 2, p 1, k 2 tog, p 1, k 2 tog, p 2) twice. [24] 70: (K 1, p 1, k 1, p 1, k 2, p 1, k 1, p 1, k 1, p 2 tog) twice. [22] 71: (Skp, skp, k 2, k 2 tog, k 2 tog, p 1) twice. [14] 72: (K 1, k 2 tog, skp, k 1, p 1) twice. [10] 73: K 2 tog, slip 1, k 2 tog, psso, k 2 tog, slip 2nd st over 3rd st, slip 1, k 2 tog, psso, slip 4th st to left needle, pass 2nd st over 4th. [2] 74: Break yarn and sew through first st of line 73, weave in. My sock is 6 1/2 inches long. The only part of it I'd change is row 71 doesn't look quite right. The shaping works, it makes the toe sit flat, but the stitches look like they're dancing the rhumba with two to the right and two to the left. You might try using k2togs instead of skps. --- This pattern downloaded from Wool Works: the online knitting compendium http://www.woolworks.org/