HAM house SOCKS
But they can be any house socks, so far their make you warm and happy
Ham house socks are socks for heavy duty. Ham house is place where I am working as gardener. Lovely place. Garden with no so much flowers but with character. And I try put in this socks things from there. House as a first, acer campestre – trees in the wilderness, dog Huckleberry (because there are make as present for his owner) arches from hornbeam or carpinus betulus, and our espalier fruit trees by the garden walls and lavender and dianthus.
For making one pair of this socks you we need
- 50g - of dark brown – earth 018 Pure wool DK, Rowan
- 50g – of green – parsley 020 Pure wool DK, Rowan
- 25g – of light grey – clay 048 Pure wool DK, Rowan
- 25g – of dark grey – anthracite 003, Pure wool DK, Rowan
- 25g – of purple – port 037, Pure wool DK, Rowan
Please note the amount of yarn is only approximant. You are welcome use your own leftovers. Because ham socks are inspire by garden, which I love, and as everyone knows garden is place full of change from moment to moment. So be inspire by your stash.
You will need also:
Set of double pointed needles 2US or 2,75 mm, stitch markers
Tension:
2 in or 5 cm - 16 sts x 15 rows
Sock are start from toes, however without any problem is possible use this pattern for socks start from leg, only you will star from row 89 and CO 64 sts.
Toes
How to start?
I learned something new, so I will share.
We are starting with dark brown yarn. As I said you can start from the leg by CO 64 sts or as I done star from tip toes by using 2 double pointed needles on which you wrap sock yarn around them, make 8 loops of each needle (see picture).
By using third needle knit the 8 sts from top needle and using forth needle knit the 8 sts from bottom needle.
After what you repeat those two rows you will have on your two double pointed needles 8 sts on each.
Round 1 – make 1 st at the beginning of the round, k4. These sts will go on needle 4. Mark the next st as begging of your round. Using another double pointed needle, knit 4, make 1. This is the needle 1. Use the third double pointed needle to make 1, knit 4, this is needle 2 then use the fourth needle to k4, make 1.K5 on needle 4.
4 needles with 5sts on each
Round 1 - knit
Round 2
Needle 1 – knit until to last st, M1, k1
needle 2 – k1, M1, knit to the end
needle 3 – knit until last st, M1, K1
needle 4 – k1, M1, knit to the end
Repeat until you have 16 sts on each needle tog. 64 sts.
Foot
And after this just relax and follow chart until round 51. Please not that nom. 64 it wasn’t best choice for divided pattern equal and you will find little different but only one st.
Heel
Round 51
Divide you knitting. You will used only two needles 2 and 3. You will work with 32 st and we will work in rows.
1st row K31, yf, sl next st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
2nd row P30, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
3rd row K29, yf, sl next st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
4th row P28, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
5th row K27, yf, sl next st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
6th row P26, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
7th row K25, yf, sl next st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
8th row P24, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
9th row K23, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
10th row P22, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
11th row K21, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
12th row P20, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
13th row K19, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
14th row P18, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
15th row K17, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
16th row P16, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
17th row K15, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
18th row P14, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
19th row K13, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
20th row P12, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
21st row K12, yf, sl next st, yb, wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
22nd row P13, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
23rd row K14, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
24th row P15, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
25th row K16, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
26th row P17, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
27th row K18, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
28th row P19, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
29th row K20, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
30th row P21, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
31st row K22, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
32nd row P23, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
33rd row K24, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
34th row P25, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
35th row K26, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
36th row P27, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
37th row K28, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
38th row P29, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
39th row K30, yf, sl nex st, yb, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
40th row P31, yb, sl nex st, yf, sl wrapped st back to LH needle, turn
Leg and ribbing
Now you can continue working on all 4 needles finish next two row of dark brown colour. Continue follow the chart and on the round 89 start k2, p2 next 12 round, after cast off.
Finishing
Weave in all loose ends. Wash in water of very low temperature with soap or shampoo and lay flat to dry and keep shape.
Abbreviation
k – knit
p – purl
psso – pass slip stitch over
yon – yarn over needle
yf – yarn to the front, as if to purl
yb – yarn back, as if to knit
