Adapting Hermione

    I've finished the first Hermione's Everyday Sock, and my minor adaptations for dpns (the pattern is written for two circular needles) seem to have worked; here's what I did:

    When you're ready to begin the heel, the leg having reached the desired length ending with row 4 of the texture pattern,

- knit 16 stitches on needle 1

- move the remaining stitches on needle 1 to needle 2

- turn the work

- knit 3, purl 29 (that is, 13 stitches from needle 1 and 16 from needle 3). This forms row 1 of the Eye of Partridge heel pattern.

- move the remaining stitches on needle 3 to needle 2

- turn the work

- with needle 1 holding the heel stitches being worked and needle 2 holding the instep stitches to be worked later, continue with the Eye of Partridge heel pattern from row 2 onwards.

    Turn the heel as directed; pick up the edge stitches on one side, work across the instep stitches as per row 1 of the texture pattern, pick up the edge stitches on the other side, and continue to knit across half the heel stitches (9). Assuming you cast on 64 stitches, you should now have 26 on needle 1, 32 for the instep on needle 2, and 26 on needle 3, with the round beginning at the centre of the heel.

    Knit the gussets as instructed, decreasing as per the pattern on the last few stitches on needle 1 and the first few on needle 3, the instep stitches being knit in the texture pattern.

    When the foot is the desired length, begin the toe decreases as follows:

- on needle 1, knit to the last three stitches, k2tog, k1

- on needle 2, k1, ssk, knit to the last three stitches, k2tog, k1

- on needle 3, k1, ssk, knit to the end

    When the toe is the desired length and you have 24 stitches remaining, knit across needle 1 so that the yarn is coming from the side of the toe; graft the toe stitches.

 

    I hope that makes sense and is helpful to anyone wanting to make the socks with double-pointed needles.

Comments

[Margaret Powling]

I can't knit, so that sounded horrendous to me! More like an ancient language, but one that everyone else can speak except me!

[B R Wombat]

Thank you very much for writing this down when you are so busy with strained husbands and moving books. It scares me as I've only ever knitted from one easy sock pattern so far with the only variation being some cabling but I will eventually try this as the results look so good.

[Cornflower]

Not really so arcane!

[Cornflower]

This one is quite straightforward, really, and the results are nice so I'd recommend it.

[Alison Bundy]

Thank you for writing out these modifications-- so helpful! I am not a seasoned knitter, and am just beginning to knit socks, and had gotten to the heel flap of Hermione and was stumped.

[Cornflower]

You're welcome, Alison, and I hope your socks are a great success.

[reanna]

This is my first sock and I am stuck on the picking up edge stitches. I can't figure out what I am supposed to do! I have two needles right now, one on the heel turn finished and then one at the bottom of the top of the sock (the 'ankle' if you will) that hasn't been used yet. Any help?

[Cornflower]

You'll be fine, Reanna!
There's a video here which shows how to pick up the stitches on the edge of the heel flap: https://youtu.be/S3LVbaiqTAw
or if that's not clear, try this one (from about the 17.28 mark): https://youtu.be/4CzPBoxW0uE
When you've picked up the stitches along one side of the heel flap, work across the instep stitches which you had on hold, then pick up the stitches on the second side of the flap so that all the stitches are now in play and you're back to working in the round.