JUNE:

WILDFLOWER SOCKS
by Knit Picks Design Team

50671

FINISHED SIZE NOTIONS

Women’s Medium (9.75" long, US size 8.5) Yarn Needle
Stitch Markers
YARN
Cable Needle
Knit Picks Hawthorne Multi Fingering
(80% Superwash Fine Highland Wool, 20% GAUGE
Polyamide Nylon; 357 yds/100g): Fremont 32 sts/40 rows = 4 inches in St st on US 2
26684; 1 skein unblocked. Check your gauge before you
begin.
NEEDLES
US 2 (2.75 mm): Circular or DPNs Revised 9/14/2016

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June: Wildflower Socks Work across RS to the first YO.

If you need to, correct the stitch mount of the YO; knit it together
Notes
with the next st. Turn work and backwards-YO; purl to first YO.
Like wildflowers fluttering in a breeze, the twists and yarn overs
Correct the stitch mount of the YO if needed, and then SSP: slip
of these socks create a master garden for your feet! A classic
the YO as if to knit, the next st as if to knit, return them to the LH
rolled cuff finishes off this intricate design.
needle and purl together through the back loop. Turn work, and
M1L (Make 1 Left-leaning stitch): PU the bar between st just backwards YO.
worked and next st and place on needle as a regular stitch; knit
Work to the first YO. There will be two YOs; knit these together
through the back loop.
with the next st, turn, and backwards YO. All remaining RS rows
M1R (Make 1 Right-leaning stitch): PU the bar between st just will be completed in this manner.
worked and next st and place on needle backwards (incorrect
Purl to first YO. There will be two YOs; slip these and the
stitch mount). Knit through the front loop.
following st as if to knit, place back on LH needle, and purl all
Toe three together through the back loop. Turn work and backwards
Using Backwards loop CO, cast on 8 sts (for a narrow toe, 10 for YO. All remaining WS rows will be completed in this manner.
average, and 12 for a wider toe). Knit across these sts. Turning
Rejoin round
work so that cast-on edge is on top and working yarn is to the
After the last 3 sts on either side have been worked together,
right of the work, PU and knit into each cast-on st (including
there will be two flanking YOs. On the RS, work up to the YO and
the slip knot). You are now working in the round. If using DPNs,
slip it onto the RH needle. PU 1 st between YO and the first instep
arrange so that first 8 (10, 12) sts are distributed over two needles;
st; place this and YO on LH needle and knit them tog with the
these will be the instep. You may distribute sole sts over two
first st of instep. (If pattern states that first st is not a knit, work as
needles as well if you wish. For two circular needles or magic
stated in the pattern.) Work in pattern across instep to last st. Slip
loop, the first 8 (10, 12) sts are the instep, the second are the sole.
this st to RH needle, PU 1 st in the gap between the st and the YO
First round: K1, M1L, K to last st of instep, M1R, K1. Repeat for sole on the heel needle, and then move the YO to the instep needle.
sts. Repeat this increase round every round twice more, then Pass these three sts onto LH needle and knit them together.
every other round until you have reached 60 sts around.
Begin working in the round as usual, following pattern.
When toe is completed, begin working from Wildflower Chart
When heel is completed, finish the repeat of the Wildflower Chart
across instep. Repeat the chart until you reach the heel.
you are working across the instep. Start the next repeat of the
The Wildflower chart is worked over 29 sts; you may knit the first Wildflower chart across instep, and begin working from the Field
instep stitch and then work from the chart, or work the chart of Flowers Chart across the heel side. Please note that the two
and knit the last st, or rearrange the stitches on the needle to charts do not have the same number of rows.
accommodate. The heel should be worked over 30 sts; but past
Work three full repeats of the Wildflower Chart up the ankle
the heel, rearrange the stitches so that the 29 stitches are on the
(three repeats plus 12 rows of Field of Flowers Chart); 54 rounds.
instep and 31 stitches are on the heel side.
Rolled Cuff
Heel
Purl two rounds; work in St st for 6 rounds and BO loosely.
When you have worked the sock to about 2” from the back of
your heel, you are ready to begin the heel. You do not need to Finishing
finish a pattern repeat to complete the heel; keep track of where Weave in ends, wash and block.
you are in your pattern wherever you stop. The heel is always
worked over an even number of sts.

Work across the instep; K to last sole st. Turn work without
working that st. On WS, work a backward YO around the RH
needle (yan in front of the needle, wrapped up and over then
back to the front to purl) and purl to the last stitch. Use your
finger to stabilize the YO as you work the first purl.

Turn work and work a backwards YO around RH needle (yarn

behind the needle, then up and over in front of the needle, then
to back to knit) and knit across front to the first stitch-yarn over
pair. Turn, work a backwards YO, Purl to first stitch-yarn over
pair, turn, and work a backwards YO. Continue in this manner,
turning before the next stitch-yarn over pair, until there are 8 sts
(for narrow heels, 10 sts for average, 12 sts for wide) between
yarn overs (this includes the st in the st-yarn over pairs). The RS
should be facing you.
3 June: Wildflower Socks
 Legend
Field of Flowers Chart
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Legend
purl
Field of Flowers Chart
14 purl stitch
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 131 purl
12 14 purl stitch
* * * * 11
13 knit
12
10 knit
knitstitch
* * * 9*
11
10 knit stitch
8 9 ssk
7 8
6
sskone stitch as if to
Slip
7
5 6 Slip one another
knit, Slip stitch as stitch
if to
* * * 4 5 asknit,
if toSlip
knit.another
Insertstitch
* * * 3 4 as if to knit. Insert
left-hand needle into
2 3
left-hand needle into
1 2 front of these 2 stitches
1 front of these 2 stitches
and
andknit
knitthem
them together
together
Wildflower Chart Chart
Wildflower k2tog
k2tog
29 28 27 26 29
25 28
24 272326222521242023 19
22 18
21 17 16 18
20 19 15 17
14 161315121411131012 911 810 79 86 75 64 5 3 4 2 3 1 2 1
Knit
Knittwo
twostitches
stitches together
together
18 18
17 17 asasone
onestitch
stitch
16 16
15 YO
YO
15
14 14 YarnOver
Yarn Over
13
13
12 Central Double Dec
12 11 Central Double Dec
11 Slip first and second
10 Slip first and second
stitches together as if to
10 9
9 8
stitches together
knit. Knit as if two
1 stitch. Pass to
8 7 knit. Knit stitches
slipped 1 stitch.over
Passthe
two
7 6 slipped stitches over the
knit stitch.
6 5
5 4 knit stitch.
4 3 Make Knot
2
3 Knit into
Make Knotthe front, back,
1
2 andinto
frontthe
again of the st to
Knit front, back,
1 make 3 sts, turn, P3, turn,
and front again of the st to
Sl2 tog K-wise, K 1, pass 2
make 3 sts, turn, P3, turn,
slipped sts over.
Sl2 tog K-wise, K 1, pass 2
slipped
pattern sts over.
repeat

pattern repeat
Knit Abbreviations

BO bind off LH left hand P-wise purlwise SSSK sl, sl, sl, k these
CN cable needle M marker rep repeat 3 sts tog
CC contrast color M1 make one stitch rev St st reverse stockinette St st stockinette stitch
CDD centered stitch
sts stitch(es)
double dec M1L make one left- RH right hand TBL through back loop
CO cast on leaning stitch rnd(s) round(s)
TFL through front loop
cont continue M1R make one right- RS right side
dec decrease(es) leaning stitch Sk skip tog together

DPN(s) double pointed MC main color Sk2p sl 1, k2tog, pass W&T wrap & turn
needle(s) slipped stitch over (see specific
- instructions
P purl
k2tog: 2 sts dec in pattern)
EOR every other row P2tog purl 2 sts
together SKP sl, k, psso: 1 WE work even
inc increase
PM place marker st dec WS wrong side
K knit
PFB purl into the Sl slip WYIB with yarn in back
K2tog knit two sts front and back SM slip marker
together of the stitch WYIF with yarn in front
SSK sl, sl, k these
KFB knit into the front 2 sts tog YO yarn over
PSSO pass slipped
and back of stitch stitch over SSP sl, sl, p these
K-wise knitwise PU pick up 2 sts tog tbl