Neptunia Socks

Knitted DROPS ankle socks with lace in "Fabel".

DROPS 129-18
DROPS design: Pattern no FA-148
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Size: 35/37 - 38/40 - 41/43
Foot length: approx. 22 - 24 - 27 cm
Sock height: approx. 7 - 8 - 9 cm

Materials: DROPS FABEL from Garnstudio
50-50-100 g colour no 103, greyblue

DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 2.5 mm –
or size needed to get 26 sts x 34 rows in stocking st = 10 x 10 cm.

PATTERN: See diagram M.1.

HEEL DECREASE:
Row 1 (= RS): Work until 5-5-6 sts remain, slip 1 st as if to K, K1, psso, turn piece.
Row 2 (= WS): Work until 5-5-6 sts remain, slip 1 st as if to P, P1, psso, turn piece.
Row 3 (= RS): Work until 4-4-5 sts remain, slip 1 st as if to K, K1, psso, turn piece.
Row 4 (= WS): Work until 4-4-5 sts remain, slip 1 st as if to P, P1, psso, turn piece.
Continue dec like this with 1 less st before each dec until there are 13-13-15 sts on needle.
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SOCK:
Worked in the round on double pointed needles.
Cast on 50-56-60 sts on double pointed needles size 2.5 mm with Fabel. K 1 round, continue in rib = K1/P1 for 2-2-3 cm. Now keep the first 21-21-25 sts on needle for heel and slip the last 29-35-35 sts on a stitch holder (= mid upper foot). Work in stocking st back and forth on heel sts for 5-5.5-6 cm.
Insert a marker in the middle of heel - now measure piece from here! Now dec for heel - see HEEL DECREASE! After heel dec, knit up 13-14-15 sts along each side of heel and slip the 29-35-35 sts from stitch holder back on needle = 68-76-80 sts.
Insert a marker in each side of the middle 29-29-35 sts on upper foot. Continue in stocking st under foot, work the 29-29-35 sts on upper foot as follows: M.1A (= 2 sts), repeat M.1B over the next 24-24-30 sts (= 4-4-5 times) and finish with M.1C (= 3 sts).
AT THE SAME TIME dec each side as follows: K tog the 2 last sts before the 29-29-35 sts twisted (i.e knit in the back loop instead of front) and K tog the first 2 sts after the middle 29-29-35 sts on upper foot. Repeat the dec every other round a total of 10-12-12 times = 48-52-56 sts. Continue until piece measures 18-19-22 cm from marker on heel (= approx. 4-5-5 cm remain).
Insert a marker in the first st in each side so that there are 23-25-27 sts on upper foot and 23-25-27 sts under foot.
Continue in stocking st over all sts while AT THE SAME TIME dec for toes in each side of the markers as follows - beg 2 sts before the marker: K2 tog, K1 (marker is in this st), K2 twisted tog. Continue dec in each side on every other round a total of 4-7-6 times and then on each round a total of 6-4-6 times = 8 sts left on needle.
Cut the thread and pull it through the remaining sts, tighten tog and fasten.

Diagram explanations

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