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This stocking is made from cuff down, knit flat, with the seam on the side. I designed the fairisle patterns and motifs in DK7 but can easily be made on a punch card machine. The motifs are a couple rows wider than a 24 st punch card but duplicate stitches can be added later to complete the pattern.
Machine:
Standard Brother KH965i
Yarn: Tamm
3 Ply Astracryl
Tension 4
Gauge: 8.5
sts and 12.5 rows = 1”
Size:
Approx 6.5” wide at cuff and 20” long
CUFF:
1) CO 104 sts with scrap and ravel cord.
2) T4, RC000, K42R for lining of cuff.
4) Hang hem, K1R at T6 with CC from R to L. Start w/COL for DAK patterning.
LEG:
1) T4, change to main color yarn and knit
a total of 124 rows after the cuff and to the beginning of the heel, placing fairisle pattern 24 rows below cuff and evenly spaced on the sides. Run a lifeline before starting the fairisle
pattern and take note of RC. The
fairisle pattern will need to be flipped upside down in DAK.
2) Decrease
down to 84 sts by using a 3 prong
tool to decrease 1 st at each end of every 12th row 10 times. (At RC 96, 108, 120, 132, 144, 156, 168, 180,
192, 204)
3) Knit
even to RC208 total; this includes the cuff row count. (COR)
HEEL:
1) T4,
change to contrasting yarn and place left half of sts (42) into HP. Heel to be worked on R hand side.
2)
Shortrow down to 14 sts by:
a. At carriage side, pull 1 ndl in to HP til the
same number of ndls on each
side and the ndl next to the carriage is wrapped. COL.
(14 sts on ea side
in HP)
b. Do not knit across, but put the 1st
ndl opposite the carriage into WP and
then K across.
c. Repeat til all ndls are in WP. Be sure to wrap the needle next to the
carriage on each row. COR.
FOOT:
1) T4,
RC000, change to main color yarn and knit a total of 56 rows.
2) Using
a 3 prong tool, decrease down to 74
sts by decreasing 1 st at each end of
every 10 rows 5
times. (At RC 10, 20, 30, 40, 50)
TOE:
1) Working on right hand side, repeat
shortrowing as for heel, work down to 13 sts.
(12 sts on ea side in HP)
2) Scrap
off.
FINISHING:
1) Graft the toe seam from purl side.
2) Mattress
stitch the side seam, picking up 2 ladders instead of 1.
3) Lightly
steam to block.
4) If desired, tack a piece of fine nylon tulle over the back of the fairisle motifs to cover the yarn floats.
I-Cord
Hanger (If desired):
1) From the
inside of the cuff, hang 4 sts at the top of the cuff, centered in the middle
of the heel side.
2) T4, knit
a 4 st I-cord for 4” long (60 rows).
3) Bind off
and sew to beginning of the cord at the cuff line.