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© loutheperson knits 2009 Loumms Year of Socks

size: to fit women’s size 5 UK/38 European

finished measurements: foot flat: 3.75 inches

leg flat: 5 inches

cuff flat: 5.5 inches

materials: yarn: Counting Sheep (Alpino Sockweight 50% Superfine Alpaca 50% Merino; 300 yds/100 g)

needles:2.75 mm DPNs, set of 4

notions: scrap yarn of similar weight; 2.5 mm crochet hook; tapestry needle; one stitch marker

gauge: 15 sts/2 in over Spider Web

13 sts/2 in over st st

The idea for this pattern came to me when working in my garden on a bit of a cold afternoon. The amount of spiders that I unearthed that decided to crawl up my legs whilst I tidied up the weeds and rubble began to unnerve me and I am not one to be scared of a few creepy crawlies in the garden!

So the crawling spider knee socks were born, having these cute little bugs creeping and winding their web up the front and back of my leg is a lot more appealing than the real thing!

Enjoy knitting and don’t be afraid!

charlotte’s web

loumms year of socks

© loutheperson knits 2009 Loumms Year of Socks

cast on: CO 8 provisional sts and work five rows in stockinette, ending on the RS. The needle your sts are on is Needle 1. Unravel the provisional cast-on edge and retrieve the 8 sts with a new needle [note: this can be finicky; if you find you only have 7 sts, m1 to compensate, by pulling up one st from below to serve as the 8th].

With Needle 1, pick up and knit 1 selvage st (left side).

With a new needle (now Needle 2), pick up and knit 1 selvage st, k4.

With a new needle (now Needle 3), k4, pick up and knit 1 selvage st (right side).

With another new needle, pick up and knit 1 selvage st, and knit across Needle 1.

There are now 20 sts: 10 on Needle 1; 5 on Needle 2; 5 on Needle 3.

Knit one round. Tip: thread the tail to use as a marker at the start of Needle 1.

toe round 1: k1, yo, sl5 sts wyf, k to last st, yo, k2, m1, k to last st of Needle 3,

m1, k1 round 2: (and all even rounds) k all sts round 3: k1, yo, k1, sl 5 wyf, k to last st, yo, k2, m1, k to last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 5: k1, yo, k2, sl5 wyf, k to last st, yo, k2, m1, k to last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 7: k1, yo, k3, sl5 wyf, k to last st, yo, k2, m1, k to last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 9: k1, yo, k6, plk, k4, sl5 wyf, k to last st, yo, k2, m1, k to last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 11: k1, yo, k12, sl5 wyf, k1, yo, k2, m1, k to last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 13: k1, yo, k13, sl5 wyf, k2, yo, k2, m1, k to last st of Needle 3, m1, k1 round 15: k15, sl5 wyf, k to end round 17: k18, plk, k to end round 18: k all sts.

You should now have a total of 48 sts shared between 3 needles; 24 on Needle 1 (top of foot) and 12 each on Needles 2 and 3 (sole)

rounds 19 and 20: k all sts

foot Work Spider Web chart over Needle 1 and knit all sole sts until you have worked 70% of the desired foot length. Begin heel at the end of Needle 1.

heel flap Set up round: Needle 1: k 3 from Needle 2; Needle 2: k all sts; Needle 3: k to last 4 sts, sl 3 sts from Needle 3 to Needle 1, sl1 p-wise wyf

row 1 (WS): k1, p to the last st, sl1 p-wise wyf, turn row 2 (RS): k to the last st, sl1 p-wise wyf, turn

Repeat rows 1 and 2 until entire sole inclusive of the flap measures 95% of the desired foot length, ending on RS row.

heel turn, part 2 part 1 row 1 (WS): sl1 p-wise, p to the last 2 sts, turn row 2: (RS): sl1 k-wise, k to the last 2 sts, turn row 3: sl1 p-wise, p until 2 sts before the gap, turn row 4: sl1 k-wise, k until 2 sts before the gap, turn

Repeat rows 3 and 4 until there are 6 unworked sts.

part 2 row 1: p to 2 sts before gap, ssp, p1, turn row 2: k to 1 st before the gap, k2tog, k1, turn row 3: p to 1 st before the gap, ssp, p1, turn row 4: k to 1 st before the gap, k2tog, k1, turn

Repeat rows 3 and 4 until all of the sts are worked

Next round: pick up and k your slipped selvage sts down the side of the heel flap (this number will vary according to how long you knit your heel flap; I had 12 slipped sts) and k 3 sts from Needle 1.

Work established pattern over Needle 1 to last 3 sts.

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Transfer these 3 sts from Needle 1 to Needle 2, knit them, then pick up and knit your selvage sts from the side of the heel flap and k5 from Needle 3.

Knit to the end of Needle 3 The round begins at the start of the established pattern (Needle 1: top of foot, Needle 2: right-hand side sts and heel, Needle 3: left-hand heel and side sts)

round 1: Needle 1: work established pattern; Needle 2: k to last 5 sts, ssk, k to end of needle; Needle 3: k3, k2tog, k to the end

round 2 (and all even rounds): Needle 1: work established pattern; Needle 2 and 3 : k all sts round 3: Needle 1: work established pattern; Needle 2: k to last 4 sts, ssk, k to end of needle; Needle 3: k2, k2tog, k to

the end round 5: Needle 1: work established pattern; Needle 2: k to last 4 sts, sl-k2tog-psso, yo, k1; Needle 3: k1, yo, k3tog, k to

the end round 6: Needle 1: work established pattern; Needles 2 and 3: k all sts

Repeat rounds 5 and 6 until 12 sts remain on Needles 2 and 3. You should have 48 sts in total.

leg Continue in established Spider Web pattern over Needle 1 and work Crawling Spider twice (two full repeats of the 30-round chart) over Needles 2 and 3. Note: needle 1 follows the spider web pattern up to the cuff set up

Now work Calf Increases over needles 2 and 3

Work one more repeat of Crawling Spider (30 rounds) then begin cuff set up.

You are not necessarily going to end on a completed pattern repeat of the spider web chart; however, that is not problem! This is just as far as your spiders span their web!

cuff set up round 1: k16, m1, k16, m1, k16, m1, k16, m1 (increase of 4 sts taking total sts to 68) round 2–5: k1, p1 round 6: [ssk, yo] repeat to end round 7: k all sts

cuff edging Set up for edging: k12, place marker, begin edging

round 1: * [k1, yo] twice, [ssk, yo,] twice, sl2-k3tog-p2sso, [yo, k2tog] twice, [yo, k1] twice, repeat from * to end round 2: k all sts

Repeat rounds 1 and 2 six times in total. Bind off loosely.

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Charts and written instructions

Spider Web Chart

round 1 (and all other odd rounds) k all sts round 2: yo, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo,

k2tog, yo, k1 round 4: k1, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k3, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k2 round 6: k2, yo, ssk, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, k3 round 8: k3, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k4 round 10: k4, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k5 round 12: k3, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, k4 round 14: k2, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k3 round 16: k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k2 round 18: k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k2 round 20: k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, yo,

ssk

Crawling Spider (worked over 24 back of leg sts on Needles 2 and 3) First round: k all sts to begin This initial knit round is only worked at the very beginning of the back of leg and not repeated as part of the pattern.

round 1: k1, sl5 wyf, k to last 3 sts of Needle 2, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, k to last 6 sts, sl5 wyf, k1 round 2: k all sts

Repeat rounds 1 and 2 three times in total then work round 1 once more (7 rounds).

round 8: k3, plk, k to last 4 sts, plk, k3 round 9: k to last 3 sts of Needle 2, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, k to end

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© loutheperson knits 2009 Loumms Year of Socks

loutheperson is Louisa Sisson who resides in south east London.

This pattern is part of the Loumms Year of Socks and should only be distributed by permission of the designer.

Questions and comments should be directed to loummsmail@googlemail.com

round 10: k all sts

Repeat rounds 9 and 10 three times in total then work round 9 once more (7 rounds)

round 16: k3, sl5 wyf, k to last 8 sts, sl5 wyf, k3 round 17: k to last 3 sts of Needle 2, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, k to end

Repeat rounds 16 and 17 three times in total then work round 16 once more (7 rounds)

round 23: k5, plk, k to last 3 sts of Needle 2, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, k to last 6 sts, plk, k5 round 24: k all sts round 25: k to last 3 sts of Needle 2, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, k to end

Repeat rounds 24 and 25 three times in total and then work round 24 once more (7 rounds)

(30 rounds in total)

Calf Increases Work as normal Crawling Spider but increase by following: k1, yo, k2, yo, k1, instead of: ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog on rounds 1, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 25, 27.

You will have increased by 16 sts in total (8 on each needle) taking your total sts to 64.

Abbreviations ssk: sl2 sts k-wise onto the right-hand needle, slip them back onto the left-hand needle then knit into the back of the

both together k2tog: k2 sts together sl1: sl 1 st p-wise: as if to purl k-wise: as if to knit plk: insert the right hand needle into the four loose sts from the bottom up, slip the next st off the left hand needle and

with it still on the right hand needle insert the right hand needle back down through the four loose sts from the top; sl the st (which should have picked up the four loose sts into a gather) onto the left hand needle and purl this sts.

wyf: with yarn in front psso: pass slipped st over sl2-k3tog-p2sso: sl 2 sts knit wise, k3tog, pass both slipped sts over (decrease of four sts)