Auntie Sigrid's socks for doll.

Auntie Sigrid's doll socks for 18" doll.

 A little bit of their story. 

A dear Swedish friend of mine asked me to help decipher the pattern on a pair of socks that had been knit by her Aunt Sigrid. It was the last remaining pair made by her aunt. We managed to do the design and then just for fun I decided to make a doll size pair using that old traditional design. This is the pattern that I came up with! 

A small amount of fine black and white yarn. (Lace weight)

Needles: US 0 - 2.0 mm  Dpns or magic loop.

A yarn needle for grafting. 

Cast on 36 sts

Work 6 rounds in knit 1, purl1, rib.

Knit one round in black. 

Start working in pattern following the chart. 

After leg design knit 2 rounds in black then 1 decrease row to 32 sts. (K2to, k7 around).

 Arrange sts on 3 needles so that 16 sts, centered on the back of the heel, are on a single needle, and that this needle is the one you have just finished knitting. The remaining 16 sts are divided on two needles, held for the instep.

Heel flap:
Turn work and, slipping the first stitch as if to purl, purl across heel needle. Turn.
Work the following 2 rows 3 times:
Row 1: Slip first st as if to knit, knit across needle, turn.
Row 2: Slip first st as if to purl, purl across needle, turn.

Start heel shaping in black:

Turn heel:
Sl 1 st, k8, k2tog, k1, turn.
Sl 1 st, p3, p2tog, p1, turn.
Continue in this manner, slipping the first stitch and working to one st before the gap, working this together with the next st, and working one and turning, until all the heel sts have been worked. 10 sts remain on heel needle, and you have ended with a purl row.

Gusset:
Turn and knit across heel needle, and then pick up and knit 4 sts along edge of heel flap.
Knit across the instep stitches, putting all 16 on a single needle.
On an empty needle, pick up and knit 4 sts along other side of heel flap, then continue knitting 5 sts from the heel needle onto that needle.
Your rounds will now begin at the center of the sole of the foot.

Repeat the following two rounds 3 times:
Rnd 1: knit around plain.
Rnd 2: k to last 2 sts of needle 1 and k2tog; k needle 2; SSK (slip, slip, knit together), k to end of needle 3.

You now have 28 sts in total. Slide one st from each end of the instep needle onto the neighboring needle so that you have 14 instep sts and 14 sole sts.

Foot: Knit in stockinette in chart pattern until foot length from the beginning of the heel turning measures 2 inches. Continue in black.

Toe shaping:
Work one toe decrease round as follows:
Knit to the last 2 sts of ndl 1, SSK; k2tog, knit to last 2 sts of ndl 2, SSK; k2tog, knit to end of ndl 3.

Knit one round.
Work two more toe decrease rounds.
Knit the 4 sts from ndl 1 onto ndl 3.
You have 8 sts remaining on each of two needles. Graft them together (=Kitchener stitch), and fasten off yarn.

I hope you enjoy this pattern. It was fun to create!