Woodland Emerald Yoga Socks
I recently went searching for a pair of yoga socks for my glamorous little sister and could not find a single pattern that fit my needs!! Most yoga socks are simple garter stitch, or something along those lines. While I completely understand that yoga in and of itself is supposed to be simplistic, and unassuming, that is simply not my little sister! So, I took my favorite beading technique, figured out the basic construction of the yoga sock, and throw in some pretty cables, and TAA-DAA, Kendra style yoga socks. These would be really easy to change and adopt to any person on your list with other stitch patterns, or cables. Please keep in mind, don't put beads on the bottom of the foot, unless you are trying to make the person break their neck.
Yarn: Knitpicks Gloss (75% Merino, 25% Silk) in Woodland Sage
Needles: set of 5, size US2 DPNS (or you could use magic loop if you wanted, if you are going to do these two at a time, please see the note about the Left Foot at the end of pattern)
Notions: tapesty needle, cable needle, 6/0 glass beads (24grs) Emerald S/L, 1mm crochet hook
*Note: These socks use the beading technique in the tutorial by Sivia Harding in Knitty Spring '06, you ARE going to put the bead on the stitch, then replace it to the left needle for knitting.
Abbreviations:
K: knit
P: purl
St(s): stitch(es)
CO: cast on
BO: bind off in knit
B: place bead on next st, then knit this stitch
C6F: slip next 3 sts to a cable needle and hold in front. K3, then K3 from cable needle.
C6B: slip next 3 sts to a cable needle and hold in back. K3, then K3 from cable needle.
Right Foot:
CO 65 sts (I used longtail method, but you could do this anyway you would like, depending on how much you want them to be able to give)
Rounds 1-4, 6-10, 12-16: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)11x
Rounds 5 & 11: (K1, B, K1, P1)2x, K1, B, K1, P2, C6F, P2, (K1, B, K1, P1)11x
Repeat Rounds 1-16 twice more (3x total)
Round 49: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)2x, K3, BO 33.
Round 50: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3. P1)2x, K3, turn.
Round 51: (P3, K1)2x, P3, K2, P6, K2, (P3, K1)2x, P3, turn.
Round 52: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)2x, K3, CO 33. (again, feel free to CO as you like, I used backward loop method here)
Rounds 53 & 59: (K1, B, K1, P1)2x, K1, B, K1, P2, C6F, P2, (K1, B, K1, P1)2x, K1, B, K1, (P1, K3)8x, P1.
Rounds 54-58, 60-68: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)11x.
Rep 53-63 once more.
BO LOOSELY!!
Left Foot:
This one is exactly the same as the Right Foot EXCEPT change all the C6F to C6B, so the cables will twist inward, toward each other when worn :-)
I recently went searching for a pair of yoga socks for my glamorous little sister and could not find a single pattern that fit my needs!! Most yoga socks are simple garter stitch, or something along those lines. While I completely understand that yoga in and of itself is supposed to be simplistic, and unassuming, that is simply not my little sister! So, I took my favorite beading technique, figured out the basic construction of the yoga sock, and throw in some pretty cables, and TAA-DAA, Kendra style yoga socks. These would be really easy to change and adopt to any person on your list with other stitch patterns, or cables. Please keep in mind, don't put beads on the bottom of the foot, unless you are trying to make the person break their neck.
Yarn: Knitpicks Gloss (75% Merino, 25% Silk) in Woodland Sage
Needles: set of 5, size US2 DPNS (or you could use magic loop if you wanted, if you are going to do these two at a time, please see the note about the Left Foot at the end of pattern)
Notions: tapesty needle, cable needle, 6/0 glass beads (24grs) Emerald S/L, 1mm crochet hook
*Note: These socks use the beading technique in the tutorial by Sivia Harding in Knitty Spring '06, you ARE going to put the bead on the stitch, then replace it to the left needle for knitting.
Abbreviations:
K: knit
P: purl
St(s): stitch(es)
CO: cast on
BO: bind off in knit
B: place bead on next st, then knit this stitch
C6F: slip next 3 sts to a cable needle and hold in front. K3, then K3 from cable needle.
C6B: slip next 3 sts to a cable needle and hold in back. K3, then K3 from cable needle.
Right Foot:
CO 65 sts (I used longtail method, but you could do this anyway you would like, depending on how much you want them to be able to give)
Rounds 1-4, 6-10, 12-16: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)11x
Rounds 5 & 11: (K1, B, K1, P1)2x, K1, B, K1, P2, C6F, P2, (K1, B, K1, P1)11x
Repeat Rounds 1-16 twice more (3x total)
Round 49: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)2x, K3, BO 33.
Round 50: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3. P1)2x, K3, turn.
Round 51: (P3, K1)2x, P3, K2, P6, K2, (P3, K1)2x, P3, turn.
Round 52: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)2x, K3, CO 33. (again, feel free to CO as you like, I used backward loop method here)
Rounds 53 & 59: (K1, B, K1, P1)2x, K1, B, K1, P2, C6F, P2, (K1, B, K1, P1)2x, K1, B, K1, (P1, K3)8x, P1.
Rounds 54-58, 60-68: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)11x.
Rep 53-63 once more.
BO LOOSELY!!
Left Foot:
This one is exactly the same as the Right Foot EXCEPT change all the C6F to C6B, so the cables will twist inward, toward each other when worn :-)
