Skill Level
Size
Adult
Materials
• Patons Shetland Chunky Tweeds bulky weight yarn (3 oz/123 yds/85g per skein): 4 skeins biscuit tweeds #67024
• Blue Knifty Knitter round loom (24 pegs)
• Knitting tool
• Cable needle
• Stitch markers
• Tapestry needle
• 2 size 8 double-pointed needles (for holding stitches to graft the toe area)
Gauge
13 sts and 18 rows = 4 inches/10cm
Special Abbreviations
LT (Left Twist): Skip Peg 1, knit Peg 2. Place loop from Peg 2 on cable needle. Move loop from Peg 1 to Peg 2. Place loop from cable needle on Peg 1. Knit loop on Peg 2.
W&T (Wrap and Turn): Knit to turning point. Take next loop off peg. Take working yarn to the inside of loom and wrap the peg, bringing yarn toward front of loom. Place loop back on peg. Pick up working yarn and knit back in other direction. Leave peg with wrap untouched.
Pattern Stitch
Rib Stitch
Round 1: *K2, p2; repeat from * to the end of round. Repeat Round 1 for pattern.
Pattern Note
For more information on creating a heel and toe using short-row shaping see page 5.
Instructions
Leg
Cast on all pegs in the round.
Work 4 rounds of Rib Stitch pattern.
Round 5: P1, k8, p1, k2, p1, k8, p1, k2.
Round 6: P1, k8, p1, k2, p1, k8, p1, k2.
Round 7: P1, k8, p1, LT, p1, k8, p1, LT.
Repeat Rounds 5–7 until leg measures 7½ inches or desired length.
Heel
Place stitch marker at Peg 24; from this point on, this peg will be Peg 1. Count 11 pegs to the left, place a stitch marker on the 11th peg; there should be a stitch marker on Peg 1 and Peg 12. The heel is worked as a flat panel on these 12 pegs. The cup for the heel is formed by knitting short rows. Remember to wrap each of the turning pegs.
Row 1: K11 (from Pegs 1–11), W&T Peg 12.
Row 2: K10 (from Pegs 11–2), W&T Peg 1.
Row 3: K9 (from Pegs 2–10), W&T Peg 11.
Row 4: K8 (from Pegs 10–3), W&T Peg 2.
Row 5: K7 (from Pegs 3–9), W&T Peg 10.
Row 6: K6 (from Pegs 9–4), W&T Peg 3.
Row 7: K5 (from Pegs 4–8), W&T Peg 9.
Row 8: K4 (from Pegs 8–5), W&T Peg 4.
Row 9: K5 (from Pegs 5–9). Make sure to knit 2 over 1 on Peg 9.
Row 10: K6 (from Pegs 9–4). Make sure to knit 2 over 1 on Peg 4.
Row 11: K7 (from Pegs 4–10). Make sure to knit 2 over 1 on Peg 10.
Row 12: K8 (from Pegs 10–3). Make sure to knit 2 over 1 on Peg 3.
Row 13: K9 (from Pegs 3–11). Make sure to knit 2 over 1 on Peg 11.
Row 14: K10 (from Pegs 11–2). Make sure to knit 2 over 1 on Peg 2.
Row 15: K11 (from Pegs 2–12). Make sure to knit 2 over 1 on Peg 12.
Row 16: K12 (from Pegs 12–1). Make sure to knit 2 over 1 on Peg 1.
Note: The foot is worked in the round.
Round 1: K8, p1, k2, p1, k8, p1, k2, p1.
Round 2: K8, p1, k2, p1, k8, p1, k2, p1.
Round 3: K8, p1, LT, p1, k8, p1, LT, p1.
Next rounds: Repeat Rounds 1–3 until foot measures 2 inches less than desired length.
Shape toe
Next 2 rounds: Knit.
Note: The toe is worked as a flat panel using the same instructions from the heel.
Work Rows 1–16 of Heel instructions.
Finishing
In preparation for closing the toe, take the stitches off the knitting loom and place them on the size 8 knitting needles.
Take stitches from Pegs 24–11 and place them on 1 knitting needle. Take stitches from Pegs 12–23 and place them on the 2nd knitting needle.
Graft front and back stitches together using the Kitchener stitch (page 8).
Weave in all ends.
Block lightly. 