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<\/a><\/p>\nand wondered what to do with it.\u00a0 I ended up starting a Christmas Stocking, with a patterned instep and straight vertical stripes up the sole.\u00a0 Here is where it stands so far.<\/p>\n
Clearly I made the heel too deep, but I’m hoping fulling it will draw it up somewhat.\u00a0 The most difficult part for me was continuing up the leg after the heel, because the stitch count for the pattern wouldn’t properly fill the space.\u00a0 I solved the issue by removing 1 stitch at the center of the heel, giving me a 5-stitch center band going up the back.<\/p>\n This also provided a visual barrier instead of having a job where the pattern repeats step up a row.\u00a0 This way, the jog is still there, but not quite to obtrusive and visible.\u00a0 And, I as somehow magically able to work the peerie pattern from the instep up into the leg without a visual break.<\/p>\n The peerie pattern is 6 stitches wide and 4 rows tall.\u00a0 Super simple.\u00a0 You can use it for any sort of knitting, flat or in-the-round, but it needs to be a stitch count of a multiple of 6, plus 1 extra at the end<\/p>\n so that the last stitch of the row is the same as the first stitch of the row, like this:<\/p>\n I’m not going to write a formal pattern for this, as most sock knitters\/stocking knitters already have their own favorite methods or techniques for forming toes and heels, and some people like working socks from the top down.\u00a0 I do not and will not, but others are free to use what suits them best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve posted progress pictures along the way, but I wanted to document it all in one place. Several weeks ago I showed a couple cones of commercial yarn and wondered what to do with it.\u00a0 I ended up starting a Christmas Stocking, with a patterned instep and straight vertical stripes up the sole.\u00a0 Here is … Continue reading Christmas Stocking Progress<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n