advent baby socks
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PATTERN: Advent Baby Socks
* Pictures of Socks 1-16 here *
These are especially suitable for people who start pairs of socks with great enthusiasm, which peters off
when faced with the prospect of having to crochet the second. If you intend to use these for babies, Id
advise using a yarn with an elastic content to give the socks a bit of stretch single crochet stitches are
less stretchy than knitted stitches (boo!)
You need
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3.00mm hook [Americans: use a D hook - 3.25mm!]
approx 14g sock yarn
Abbreviations:
ss slip stitch
sc single crochet [dc in British English]
2 sc tog 2 single crochet together. Here's how you do it:
Insert hook into stitch of previous row, draw yarn through. Put hook into the next stitch, draw yarn
through.
You now have three loops on the
hook...
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draw yarn through all three.
Okey-dokey! Let's get started:
Crochet three chain and join with a slip stitch.
Round 1: Crochet 10 sc into the round. Join with a slip stitch.
Round 2: Slip stitch, crochet 2 SC [DC] into the same stitch. Crochet 2 sc [DC] into each of the other 9
stitches (20 stitches)
Round 3: Slip stitch, 1 sc [DC] into the same stitch. 2 sc [DC] into next stitch. *1 sc [DC] in next stitch, 2 sc
[DC] in next stitch. Repeat from * to end of the round (youll finish with 2 SC [DC] in the last stitch.) (30
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stitches)
Continue to crochet in the round till the foot of the sock is about 8 cms long.
Heel
If you can bear a highly unprofessional video, try my
VIDEO TUTORIAL for the heel (YouTube): Part 1 and Part 2
Row 1: Slip stitch, crochet 2 SC [DC] into same stitch and into the next 14 stitches. Turn. (30 stitches)
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Row 2: Slip stitch, crochet 1 SC [DC] in the same stitch and 1 SC [DC] into each stitch after. (30 stitches)
Row 3: In this round youll decrease, till you have 15 stitches again. Slip stitch, crochet 2 sc tog. Continue
across the row by crocheting two stitches from the previous row together, till at the end you have 15
stitches in total.
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Row 4: Slip stitch, crochet 1 SC [DC] in the same stitch and 1 SC [DC] in each stitch in the row. (15
stitches)
Row 5: Slip stitch, crochet 2 sc tog. Continue across the row, till at the end you have 1 stitch left over in
the previous row. Crochet 1 SC [DC] in the final stitch. (8 stitches)
Row 6: Slip stitch, crochet 1 SC [DC] in the same stitch and 1 SC [DC] in each stitch in the row. (8 stitches)
Row 7: Slip stitch, crochet 2 sc tog. Continue across the row, till you have 4 stitches in the row. (4
stitches)
Row 8: Slip stitch, crochet 2 sc tog twice youll have 2 stitches.
Ankle
Row 1: Crochet 7 SC [DC] along the side of the previously crocheted rows. This should bring you up to
the other 15 stitches that you left aside when you started the heel. 1 SC [DC] in each of these 15
stitches, bringing you back to the other side of the heel. Crochet 7 SC [DC] to the the first stitch in the
round. Join with a slip stitch.
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You now should have 29 stitches. You just crochet in the round till the ankle shaft has reached the
length you want. Here's one I made earlier :-)
Advent Socks
You need
24 wooden clothes pegs (I brushed mine with some white paint)
24 cardboard circles
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Stick the cardboard circle to the peg
and draw, paint or collage the number on the circle. I've used foam stickers that I bought at a local crafts
store.
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Add socks and peg to a long piece of ribbon or string. Tuck in a treat, sweet or small gift.
Two down, twenty-two to go. Thankfully we still have a few months till Christmas!