Baby socks

After a long time I am finally back in knitting.

Actually I was knitting now and then on my longtime project, which you can see down under the socks.

For the first time I knitted baby socks.

In the beginning I was a bit confused how to knit the top of the socks and I had to open the work for a couple of times until I figured it out.

In the end, like always, it was pretty easy and I made both in only some hours.

Quiet cute, are they? :)

I got the pattern from a knitting book for baby clothes.

I tell you the pattern at the end of this blog entry in the way how I made it.

And here my longtime project, which kept me busy during the Christmas time as often as I came to knit to.

The pattern is not difficult, but much to count and it seems to need many month until I will get to finish it.

The yarn is my all-time favorite Safran again.

It´s very soft and slippery on the needle, but I love to wear it!

In the end it´ll be a kind of dress.

I will post more pictures later!!!!

The baby socks pattern:

SIZE: 0-3 month/ 3-9 month

Choose 2 yarn colors, you only need under 50 gr each color.

needle size 3,5

make 32/36 chains on the needle.

Then knit complete sock in  "always right" : first row right, second row left and so on

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2 rows first color (black), 2 row second color (white)

Knit like this until you get 7 cm of the stripes

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after this safe the first 12/13 and the last 12/13 chains on separate needle to continue them later

work only with the middle 8/10 chains!

Continue knitting the stripes for 4 more centimeters

While knitting this knit always the last chain left and the first chain right in cross! 

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So you get a longer middle stripe row.

Now only use the main color, I had black.

Knit the first 12/13 chains, then make on the side of the long part 10/12 new chains.

Go to the top and knit the 8/10 chains.

Then on the other side go down and make 10/12 new chains again.

Then knit the last 12/13 chains.

You will get together 52/60 chains!

The work is pretty tight!!!

So knit continue knitting in always right for again 3 cm!

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The final part.

First row: knit edge chain (first), then 28/33 chains, 2 chains together right.

leave the rest chains on the needle, turn work!

Second row:  knit the first chain left, 7/9 chains right, knit 2 chains left together

turn work and knit the second row again.

Knit the second row again and again, turning the work again and again, until on each side are only 5/6 chains left.

So in the end you will get 18/22 chains.

Finish the work but ending all chains in one row.

Then sew the sock together.

Ready!

(translation is not original and can be changed how you like)