08-27-2016

This sock is crocheted flat and then seamed.

First you crochet the body as a long rectangular piece of fabric. This will be the top of the foot and the front of the leg. Next, you crochet the bottom of the foot by only crocheting into 1/3 of the body stitches, leaving the rest unworked. After this, you attach your yarn in one of those unworked stitches and crochet the same number of rows as the foot to create the leg. When you fold this so that the edges meet and sew it up you get a tube with a hole for the heel. Pretty cool!

Then all you have to do is crochet around each opening to create the toe and the heel. The really neat thing about this pattern is that you use the same instructions for crocheting the heel and the toe.

My only concern with this construction is that the ankle is quite tight. Even in the pattern’s main photo the stitches at the ankle seem to be stretched. The heel could be a bit wider I suppose. One other thing that bothered me is that unlike toe-up socks, you can’t make any adjustments as you go. So with this pattern it is even more important to make a gauge swatch.

All in all, this was a fun pattern and I recommend it for anyone who would like to try something new.

Stitch pattern for foot: hdc
Stitch pattern for leg: hdc

Worked flat with an afterthought heel construction.