TARDIS Socks

by Swallowed By Sky

SIZE
Women's Medium (or thereabouts)

MATERIALS

Yarn
MC: Rio De La Plata - Medieval Blue [100% Merino Wool]
CC1: KnitPicks Stroll - Black [75% Superwash Wool, 25% Nylon]
CC2: Louet Gems Pearl - White [100% Merino
Wool]

Recommended Needle Size

US 1½ / 2.5 mm or size needed to obtain gauge

Tools
Stitch Markers
Yarn Needle

GAUGE
8 sts/inch in stockinette st

PATTERN NOTES

All slipped stitches should be slipped as if to purl.

When working the charts, make sure that you knit

loosely to ensure that the stranded parts will fit
over your heel and be legible when worn. If necessary, touch up with duplicate stitch any hard-to-read
bits. Also, pay attention to yarn dominance.1 I held the black yarn dominant for Chart A and the blue
yarn dominant for Chart B.

Abbreviations

YO3 - Yarn over 3 times.

s1wyib - slip one stitch with yarn held in back.
K tbl - Knit through back loop (twisting the stitch)
K2Tog - Knit two stitches together
P2Tog - Purl two stitches together
SSK - Slip 1 as if to knit, slip 1 as if to knit, insert the left needle into the front of the slipped stitches, then
knit them together (your right needle will be through the back loops of each).

For excellent visuals of all techniques, and instructions on grafting, I cannot recommend the website
knittinghelp.com strongly enough. It was through the videos on the site that I learned to knit at all.

1 Good articles on yarn dominance can be found at http://www.eunnyjang.com/knit/2006/11/

tips_tricks_and_treats.html and http://nonaknits.typepad.com/nonaknits/2006/01/yarn_dominance.html

This pattern is provided for free and neither the pattern, nor the socks made from the pattern, may be sold.
DIRECTIONS

Cuff
Using MC, loosely CO 72 sts.

Divide sts so that 36 are on needle shaft and 36 are on cable. (Or evenly amongst DPNs)

Both
Place marker and join to work in the round, being careful not to twist.

Ribbing round: [K1 tbl, p1] to end of round.

Repeat ribbing round 20 times, or until you have as much ribbing as you want.

Leg Chart A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Police Box 1
Knit 1 round.
2
Break Yarn.
3

Using CC1 and CC2, [work 4

Chart A] around. 5
Note that you will be 6
starting the chart at the top
7
left and working from left to
right for every round. 8

Windows
Using MC:
Knit 1 round. Chart B
Purl 1 round. 1 2 3
Knit 1 round. 1

2
Using MC and CC2,
[work Chart B] 3

around. Again, note that you will be starting the 4

chart at the top left and working from left to right 5

for every round. 6

7
Break CC2.
8

Textured Parts of the Leg 9

Round 1: [k1, YO3, k8] to end of round.

Round 2: [s1wyib, drop the YOs, p8] to end of round.
Rounds 3-7: [s1, k8] to end of round.
Round 8: [k1, yo3, k8] to end of round.
Round 9: [s1wyib, drop YOs, k8] to end of round.
Rounds 10-14: [s1, k8] to end of round.

Repeat rounds 1-14 three times.

Knit 1 round.
Purl 1 round.
Knit 1 round.

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Heel Flap
Worked back-and-forth across half of the total stitches (36 stitches)

With RS facing, work back and forth as follows:

Row 1: Knit 36, turn.
Row 2: Sl 1, p35.
Row 3: *Sl 1, k1. Repeat from * to end.
Row 4: Sl 1, p to end.

Repeat Rounds 3 and 4 15 more times (32 times total.)

Turn Heel
Row 1: Sl 1, k 20, ssk, k1. Turn work.
Row 2: Sl 1, p 7, p2tog, p1. Turn work.
Row 3: Sl 1, k to 1 stitch before the gap, ssk, k 1. Turn work.
Row 4: Sl 1, p to 1 stitch before the gap, ssk, k1. Turn work.

Repeat Rounds 3 and 4 until 22 stitches remain.

Knit 11, place marker.

The marker should be placed at the center of the heel, which will be the beginning of your round for the
rest of the pattern.

Heel Gusset:

Note: I find that I rearrange stitches a fair bit during the gusset-shaping process. Directions are provided
for magic loop as to when stitches should be on the shaft of the needle and when they should be on
the cable, but, frankly, I'm not good at following my own directions here. Whether you use Magic Loop,
DPNS, or 2 circs, the important thing is that you know where your picked-up stitches are, where your heel
stitches are, and where your instep stitches are. I strongly advise placing markers to separate gusset
and instep stitches.

Pickup Stitches for Gusset

k 11.
With the tip of the needle, pick up and knit 19 stitches along the edge of the heel flap.

Pick up and knit 1 stitch from the Round below the first instep stitch to prevent a hole.

Place Marker.

Slide stitches to cable, move the instep stitches to the needle shaft, and knit across the 36 instep
stitches.

Place Marker.

Slide all stitches to cable and, with the tip of the needle, pickup and knit 1 stitch from the

Round below the first instep stitch to prevent a hole.

Pickup and knit 19 stitches along the edge of the heel.

Knit to end of round.

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Shape Gusset

Round 1: K 11, K 20 Tbl, K 36, K 20 Tbl, K 11

Round 2 (Decrease Round): K to 2 stitches before marker, k2tog, k 36 instep stitches, slip marker, ssk, k to
end of round.
Round 3: K to end of round.

Repeat rounds 2 and 3 until you have 72 stitches left.

Foot
Knit around until sock measures roughly 2 inches less than the length of the foot.

Toe
Round 1: K to end of round.
Round 2: K to 3 sts before marker. K2tog, k1, slip marker, k1, ssk.
Knit to 3 sts before marker, k2tog, k1, slip marker, k1, ssk, knit to
end of round.

Repeat these two rounds until you have 24 stitches left.

K 1 round.
K 6.

Divide stitches evenly onto two needles and graft toe

together.

FINISHING

Duplicate stitch over the text parts of Chart A to make them a

bit more legible if desired.

Weave in ends.

Make second sock just like the first.

Wash, block, and let dry.

Wear socks.

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