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Atlantic
Guard Soldiers’ Aid Society
Soldier’s
Sock Pattern:
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Basic
Information:
- Use four size
5 double ended needles (also called sock
pins)
- Gauge:
Approximately 6 stitches to the inch
- Use Worsted
Weight, wool or cotton yarn
- 8 oz. (400
yards) for sock color
- 4 oz. (200
yards) for heel, cuff and toe color
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Knitting
Tip: Do not ever knot your yarn—leave the ends loose and
weave them in later. Knots can become uncomfortable bumps over time
of wear.
Directions:
Cuff:
Cast on 48
stitches of cuff color and divide the stitches—16 on each of
three needles. For the cuff, knit two, purl two around until you feel
the cuff is long enough. (On a period sock studied by AGSAS the cuff
was 4 inches!)
Sock Ankle:
Change yarn to
sock color. Knit around until sock is about 7 inches long or desired
length to top of heel.
Double Thick Heel
(the soldier’s preference):
Place 24
stitches on a needle and switch to heel color yarn.
Row 1—With wrong side facing, *slip one, purl one and repeat
from * to end of row.
Row 2—Turn. With right side facing, slip first stitch and knit
all other stitches.
Repeat these rows until the heel measures 2.5 inches.
To Turn the Heel:
Using the same
color as the heel, with wrong side facing:
Row 1—Slip 1, purl 11, purl 2 together, purl 1, turn
Row 2—Slip 1, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 1, turn
Row 3—Slip 1, purl 3, purl 2 together, purl 1, turn
Row 4—Slip 1, knit 4, knit 2 together, knit 1, turn
Row 5—Slip 1, purl 5, purl 2 together, purl 1, turn
Row 6—Slip 1, knit 6…
Get the idea? Continue in this way, working one more stitch before
the decrease in each row, until a total of 12 stitches remain on the
heel needle. End with a knit row.
Instep:
Switch from
heel color to sock color. With correct facing, use a crochet hook and
make about 14 or 15 stitches on the edge of left side of heel. (Tip:
Be sure to make some stitches close to the top of the heel near the
sock ankle to prevent holes.) Knit across the 12 instep stitches from
the bottom of the heel. Create 14 or 15 more stitches down the other
edge of the heel.
Now distribute your stitches on your three needles like this:
Needle A—from middle of heel up side of heel
Needle B—Instep needle (24 stitches)
Needle C—Down the other side to middle of heel
Decrease like this:
Row 1—knit stitches on A, B and C.
Row 2—On A, knit to within three stitches of end, knit two
together, knit 1.
On B, knit across.
On C—Knit 1, slip 1, pass slipped stitch over knitted stitch,
knit to end.
Repeat until 11 stitches remain on each A and C. (22 stitches total
between A+C)
Your sock should look like
this at this point:
Needle A—11 stitches, Needle B—24 stitches, Needle
C—11 stitches = 46 stitches total
Continue foot until it
measures 5 ½ inches from center back of heel. Then on needle B,
knit two together twice to leave 22 stitches on the
needle.
Work 2 more inches or so,
or to within 2 ½ inches of desired length. (It is a good idea to
get your soldier to trace his foot on a piece of paper and use it as
a pattern to determine the length of the foot.)
Toe:
Switch from
sock color to heel color.
Row 1:
Needle A—Knit to within three stitches of end, knit 2 together,
knit 1.
Needle B—Knit 1, Slip 1, Knit 1, pass slipped stitch over
knitted stitch, knit to within 3 stitches of end, knit 2 together,
knit 1.
Needle C—Knit 1, Slip 1, pass slipped stitch over knitted
stitch, knit to end.
Row 2: Knit.
Keep repeating rows and decrease this way until 12 total stitches
remain. Move stitches to two needles, six stitches on each needle.
Break off the yarn leaving about a foot. Cast off, or using a blunt
needle or your crochet hook, pull the yarn through the remaining
stitches. Pull yarn through sock at end and knot well.
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