Okapi in Antarctica
Finished
January 2, 2017
January 21, 2017

Okapi in Antarctica

Project info
Okapi Socks by Kirsten Kapur
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
Me
Medium
Needles & yarn
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 0 - 2.0 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
Wollelfe Gradient Merino Nylon
122 yards in stash
0.72 skeins = 314.6 yards (287.7 meters), 72 grams
Gray
Notes

Converting these into toe-up socks

Took out 20g of blue to grey out of the inside of the skeins, use this for toes, heels, and cuffs.

Fish lips kiss-toes over 1-11-8-11-1 stitches starting with the darkest blue

Continue with white, then grey etc.

Using tricosa’s method for jogless stripes

Heel:

  • Start mini-gusset after 34 rows, run 10 rows
  • 1st sock - second half of stitches are heel stitches, 2nd sock - first half of stitches are heel stitches (this way, I can wear the jog of the strip inside of both feet)
  • Add 4 stitches each side, one each in rows 1, 4, 7, 10
  • Beginning k2, kfb - knit to last four stitches, kfb, k3
  • Work heel in row 11 over 4-1-10-10-10-1-4, joining blue at the end of the first short row for 1st twin stitch
  • work second row of grey stripe
  • start mini-gusset in next white row, reducing stitches in rows 4, 7, 10, and 13, also starting pattern on front of foot!
  • decrease rows: k2, ssk, knit to last 4 stitches, k2tog, k2
  • start working pattern on back of leg also on row 15

Leg as written

Transposing cuff pattern for toe-up
Mirroring beginning of round as well as right and left cuff

Cuff in inner colour from the blue
Insert one knit row in blue before cuff pattern
Bind off after row 22 with JSSBO
Cuff on 2.5mm needles to avoid it being too tight

Purl rows on 2.0mm needle
Knit on 2.25mm needle
Cuff on 2.5mm needle.

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Finished
January 2, 2017
January 21, 2017
 
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by Wollelfe
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80% Merino, 20% Nylon
437 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: January 2, 2017
  • Finished: January 23, 2017
  • Updated: September 10, 2017
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