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Tuni/Knit House Sock Pattern

Greetings from Tuni C. Weaver!

Welcome to my 2nd(freebie) PDF pattern. It is tricky, but I tried to make it clear.

This is all my original work and I consider all of my pictures and descriptions copyrighted.

Skills that will be illustrated

Shaping techniques in Tunisian crochet. Folding over the Tunisian fabric and sealing up the side edges, while doing increases or

decreases to create sock toes and sock heels

Pulling up loops from the edge of the fabric, then knitting from themMaterials Needed

Worsted weight yarn G/US 6/4.0 mm crochet hook US 3/3.25 mm knitting needlesAside I have given instructions for my foot (which measures 21.0 cm in diameter around the ball

of my foot) and my Tunisian gauge (which is 1.6 stitches/cm).

To adjust the width of the sock, do a test swatch and, instead of 16 stitches, start the sockwith: (# ) =0.95 x (diameter/2) x (your gauge)

The length measurement unit cancels out, so you can use inches and stitches/inch insteadof cm and stitches/cm, if you wish. Please note:I do NOT recommend changing hook size in order to adjust your gauge to

mine.

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Overview of StepsUse Tunisian Simple Stitch (TSS) to create a sock toe, sole and heel by:

1. Creating a 16-stitch row of TSS (the 16 can vary for different widths/gauges)2. Decreasing on both sides until you have half of the stitches you started with (8)3. Folding the fabric and sealing the fabric sides as you do increases, to make the toe4. After sealing the early work, continuing on with less frequent increases, to create the sole5. Just before the sole meets the middle of the arch, doing a couple of consecutive increases

to mark the spot, then decreasing every subsequent row down to eight (8) stitches, to

start the heel

6. Sealing the sides and increasing the ends of the rows to make the 2ndpart of the heel7. Continuing the heel decreases until they meet and binding off the endUse knit rib for the rest of the sock:

8. Pull loops from the open end of the toe9. Knit a rectangle of rib until you have two (2) rows for every row of Tunisian crochet

before the heel join

10.Continue to knit with increases in every row until you have two (2) more rows for everyrow of Tunisian crochet above the heel join

11. Use the same yarn to pull up loops at the stub end of the heel12.Knit 1 x 1 ribbing continuously (in-the-round) around the top of the sockFinishing:13.Bind the top of the sock off14.Whip stitch the sides of the knit rib to the Tunisian crochet

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Detailed StepsStarting the toe:

1. Chain 16 and pull up 16 loops to start.

2. Do 3 rows of Tunisian Simple Stitch

(TSS) of 16 stitches per row.Be careful to leave the ends neat, becauseyou'll be working into them later.

3. From here, do decreases in each row.

For each decrease, grab two (2) loops

instead of one during the return pass.

I recommend locating your decreases three (3) stitches from each edge.

4. Continue decreasing until you are down to eight (8) stitches per row (or half the number

that you started with).

Do another 8-stitch row, followed by thenext return pass up until the 2nd to last

stitch.

(This completes the first part of the toe,

youllstart folding and sealing the fabric

next.)

5. Folding the 1st corner:

You start with two (2) loops on the hook,

as shown in Pic 1.

Twist the hook around and hook thechain thats shown on the green hook in

Pic 2, then pull a loop through everything

on the hook.

(You should enter the fabric from the

good side, as shown by the green hook.)

6. As you start the forward pass,

do an increase at the edge, by hooking under an edge bar and pulling up another loop.

Pic 3shows this edge bar on the green

hook, while the three (3) red lines pointto the next three (3) front vertical bars

beyond the edge stitch.

Please notice that the 1stone is easy to

miss and to skip.

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7. Next, do a standard forward pass of TSS up until just before the last stitch.

8. Folding the 2nd corner:

As you do the last stitch, hook the usual

end threads.

Then continue on, twisting to hookunder the chain face thats beyond theone underneath the working row.

Pic 4shows the chain face with the

green hook. Youll need to twist in

from the good side of the fabric like the

green hook does.

9. Do another increase on this side by pulling an extra loop through the outer bar.

Pic 5shows the result of starting the fold and doing an increase on both sides.

10. Continue to do increases at both

edges and seal up both sides until you

are back to 16 stitches per row (or the

number that you started with).

(Hint: sometimes it's tough to find the

"next" chain face down at the end of the

forward post, because it looks like its 2

down. ...And multicolored yarn helps a

lot.)

11. Continue to seal up the sides untilyou run out of back fabric to seal up.

See Pic 6for how this should look.

That finishes the toe--now you are ready to continue on and TSS the rest of the sole.

12. For the next part of the sole, do

increases in every 4th row until you

reach the highest part of foots arch.

Do the increases between the 3rdand

4thstitches from each end.

To do the increases:

Work from the back of the fabric and

pull the back vertical bar backward and

finish by pulling a loop through it (this

is a Reverse Stitch).

Next, return to the front of the fabric and use the matching front vertical bar to do a single

Simple stitch.

13. When you reach the arch, do two (2) consecutive rows of increases to mark the spot.

You are about to start on the heel.

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14. Next, do a forward pass with no

increases and record the number of stitches in

the row (this will vary, depending on the

length of your foot).

You'll be returning to this number of stitches

again by the end of the heel.

15. So next, start the decreases that form the

first part of the heel.

You use the same technique as for the first

part of the toe, except this time youre

starting out with more stitches and

decreasing down to the same eight (8)

stitches.

...So the heel will be bigger than the toe, but

otherwise very similar.Once the first part of the heel is done, the

work should resemble Pic 7.

While youre here, its a really good idea to

check the length of the sole. It should

stretch slightly to look like Pic 8.

16. Now fold both corners and increase

back up to your recorded number or stitcheswhile sealing the sides, in the same manner

as for the second part of the toe.

17. To make the back of the rest of the heel

(the part on the back of the ankle, use the

same technique again to make consecutive

decreases, until the decreases meet.

Do a final Tunisian bind-off row on the top.

After binding off, leave a long yarn tailto

whip stitchthe knit work to the Tunisiancrochet.

When you're done, the work should resemble Pic 9.

The foot in question should probably try it on to make sure it does.

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18. Switching to the knit part:

Pull loops onto your Tunisian

hook at the toe end of the work.

Once you have them, transfer

them to a US 3/ 3.25 mm

knitting needle.

If you started with 16 stitches and

include the first side loop and a

transition loop, you should end

up with the 19 loops shown in

Pic 10.

(Since this is a large increase from 16 stitches,

it creates a roomy house sock, rather than one intended to fit inside of a shoe.)

19. After you've pulled the loops, knit

a rectangle of 2x1 ribbing from them.For 19 loops, do

K/PPK/PPK/PPK/PPK/PPK/PPK on the

back side and do

K/KKP/KKP/KKP/KKP/KKP/KKK on the

front side.

At this point, your work should look

something like Pic 11.

20. Count the number of chain faces

left on the Tunisian edgebefore the

heel join and record this number.

Later you will be sewing every two (2)

rows of knit work to each chain face.

If doing knit stitches at the end of each

row on both sides (as I recommend),

the edge pattern should repeat every

2ndrow, making it easy to count rowsof two.

This is shown in Pic 12.

So... for Step 22, you want tomake enough rows of

rectangular ribbing

to sew two (2) knit rows to

every Tunisian row before the

join.

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21. Next, count and record the number of edge chain facesbeyond the join. You will need

2x this number of knit rows with increases in them.

Do an invisible increase in the middle of the bars of knit on alternate rows (each time the

front of the fabric faces you).

Start by doing the 2 outer bars, then do the next 2 going inward, then the last 2.This should produce a 3 x 1 rib all the way across.

22. Repeat this pattern of increases until you have two (2) rows of knit ribbing for every

additional row of Tunisian fabric.

By then, the knit fabric should resemble Pic 13, with each rib spreading wider as it goes.

23. Do the last row on the front side by alternating knit and purl stitches, without increases.

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24. Next, continue on with the

same yarn and pull up loops from

the stub end of the heel.

Youllneed an even total number of

stitches to make the 1x1 band of rib

at the top of the sock, so pull an oddnumber of loops if you had an odd

number of knit stitches.

25. Once the loops are ready, use

the same yarn to continue the 1x1 rib

in the round.

After a few rows of 1x1 ribbing your

work should resemble Pic 14.

(This work was done on two (2)

circular needles, but DPNs are also

good.)

26. Continue with 1x1 rib until you

have around inch (about 1 1/4 cm)

then bind off the work very loosely

or use Jenys Surprisingly Stretchy

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Again,you should leave a long yarn tailfor the other seam between the knit and Tunisiancrochet parts.

27. The sock is almost finished.

Its time to whip stitch the parts

together, as shown in the Extra Pic.

28. When you are done, weave in

any loose ends and...

Congratulations!!

Thats all there is to it.

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