ARGYLE SOCK PATTERN

ARGYLE SOCK PATTERN

ARGYLE BOX INSTRUCTIONS BELOW

Fingering Weight Yarn; About 3 ounces of Main color and less than 1/2 oz. for diamond colors. A remnant for lines.
Size 1 needles; 1 set of straight and 1 set of double points or 2 circulars.
Three stitch holders.
Gauge: 8 stitches = 1 inch.

Chart is 62 squares wide (30 wide for instep).

With straight needles Cast on 62 sts. and work in ribbing of choice for 2 or 3 inches. (Model shows K1/Pk rib for 2 inches.)
After completing the ribbing, knit back and forth following the chart. Start at the bottom of the chart. Make tiny skein “butterflies” of yarn to use for each section of color and lines.
Note: For a taller sock, you may repeat a section of diamonds.
When you reach the narrower section of the chart, place the 16 stitches on each side of the sock on holders -- to be used later for the heel.
Continue on narrow section of chart for instep. Place these last 30 stitches on a holder to be used later for instep.

Note: While the sock is in the “flat” stage, it is easier to tuck in all the ends in, but leave long ends of yarn on the side ‘half’ diamonds so you can sew the back seam with those colors. You may seam the long back, too.

Place the stitches from the 2 heel holders (the ones with 16 sts. on them) on a needle, with the center back together, and work the heel using stitch of choice. Turn the heel as you normally would; 18 sts. should remain. Break the yarn and join back at the beginning right corner of the heel flap. Pick up and knit 15 sts along the right side of the heel flap, knit across 18 heel sts, then pick up 15 more along the left side of the heel flap. (48) Instep stitches are still left alone on the holder, you will continue to work back and forth on the heel side of the sock only until you have done all the gusset decreases as you normally would and the heel half of the sock is as long as the argyled instep section. (30 sts.)

Now knit circularly by knitting across the heel section, then knitting directly across the 30 stitches that were on the instep holder stitches. You should have 60 stitches. Completely the sock as a normal 60 st. sock, beginning toe decreases when the sock is about 1 1/2 inches less than desired length. After toe decreases, weave the toe, sew side openings by the heel gusset, and tuck in any remaining ends.

	WHITE – MAIN COLOR MODEL:Burgundy
	MEDIUM GREY – DIAMOND 1 Navy
	DARK GREY – DIAMOND 2 Cream
	BLACK – LINES through Diamond 1 Forest Grn.
	LIGHT GREY – LINES through Diamond 2 Fawn Tan

Note: This pattern is adapted from a very well worn and tattered Bernat pattern my mother used in high school! fun.

ARGYLE SOCK BOX
	I READ IN THE BOOK NO IDLE HANDS BY Anne L. Macdonald ABOUT A GAL WHO ONCE KNIT ARGYLES. TO AVOID THE CONFUSION OF TANGLED BOBBINS, SHE WOULD TAPE THE BOBBINS TO HER SKIRT. IT WORKED WELL, BUT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO GET UP AND WALK AROUND…..SO SHE DEVISED AN AGYLE BOX.
SO…I DECIDED TO GIVE IT A TRY AS I BEGAN A PAIR OF PASTEL ARGYLE SOCKS. I FIRST BEGAN WITH JUST HOLES IN THE SIDE OF THE BOX, BUT THEN FOUND THAT OCCASIONALLY I WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THE STRANDS FROM THE BOX WITHOUT CUTTING THE YARN. I CUT 5 SLITS DOWN THE SIDE OF A PLASTIC ZIPLOC BOX AND MADE A ROUNDY HOLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIT (HALF-WAY DOWN THE SIDE OF THE BOX.	I THREAD EACH COLOR THROUGH ITS OWN SLIT WITH THE BALL IN THE BOX, THEN I PUT ON THE LID.
	THEN I RAN MY FIVE BALLS OF YARN THROUGH THE HOLES. FOR THE PURPLE LINE COLORS I JUST MADE FOUR LITTLE BUTTERFLIES AND I KEEP THOSE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SOCK THAN THE FIVE WORKING COLORS. AS YOU WORK ACROSS, BRING THE COLOR YOU ARE CHANGING TO UNDER THE COLOR YOU JUST FINISHED. AT THE END THE ROW THE STRANDS WILL SEEM TANGLED, BUT WHEN YOU WORK THE FOLLOWING ROW, MAKING SURE THAT YOU, AGAIN, BRING THE COLOR YOU ARE CHANGING TO UNDER THE COLOR YOU JUST FINISHED, THE STRANDS WILL ALL BE STRAIGHT BY THE END OF THE ROW! I PLACE THE BOX ON MY LAP WHILE I AM KNITTING. IT IS MUCH EASIER TO PULL NEEDED YARN FROM YOUR YARN SOURCE USING THE BOX, THAN USING TANGLY BOBBINS!
WAH LAH! FINISHED! (5/09) Grannie Linda