Knitting with Willow Yarns™: A Step-by-Step Guide

Knitting Needle Specifications

Knitting Needle Size: 2 or 2.75 mm, Double-Pointed Knitting Needles (DPNs)

Yarn Weight

Yarn Weight: (1) Super Fine (27-32 stitches to 4 inches)

Gauge

Gauge: 28 sts x 44 rnds = 4" (10.2cm) in St st. Save time, check your gauge.

Finished Size

Finished Size: Foot circumference: 8½" (21.6cm)

Materials List

Willow Yarns™ Attire Fingering (100% superwash extra-fine merino; 50g/143yd) - 732259-0013 Accent - 3 balls

US size 2 (2.75mm) dpn or size needed to obtain gauge

Stitch markers

Yarn needle

Instructions

Stitch Guide

w&t (wrap and turn): Wyib, sl next st p-wise, bring yarn to front, sl next st back to left-hand needle p-wise, bring yarn to back, turn work.

sk2p: Sl 1 k-wise, k2tog, psso—2 sts dec’d.

Figure 8 CO: Hold 2 dpn parallel to each other in left hand, hang yarn between needles with tail extending below and ball above. *Wrap yarn around needle furthest away from you and back up between needles, wrap yarn around needle closest to you and back up between needles; rep from * until desired number of sts is CO to each needle.

2 x 2 Ribbing

Repeat this pattern which is a multiple of 4 sts:

• Rnd 1: *K2, p2; rep from * around.

Rep Rnd 1 for pattern.

Lotus Blossom Pattern

This pattern is a multiple of 14 sts:

• Rnd 1: *K1, yo, k2, ssk, k5, k2tog, k2, yo; rep from * around.
• Rnd 2: *P2, k11, p1; rep from * around.
• Rnd 3: *K2, yo, k2, ssk, k3, k2tog, k2, yo, k1; rep from * around.
• Rnd 4: *P3, k9, p2; rep from * around.
• Rnd 5: *K3, yo, k2, ssk, k2, k2tog, k2, yo, k2; rep from * around.
• Rnds 6, 8, 10: *P4, k7, p3; rep from * around.
• Rnds 7, 9, 11: *K4, yo, k2, sk2p, k2, yo, k4; rep from * around.
• Rnd 12: K.
• Rnd 13: *K3, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, ssk, k2; rep from * around.
• Rnd 14: *K6, p3, k5; rep from * around.
• Rnd 15: *K2, k2tog, k2, yo, k3, yo, k2, ssk, k1; rep from * around.
• Rnd 16: *K5, p5, k4; rep from * around.
• Rnd 17: *K1, k2tog, k2, yo, k5, yo, k2, ssk; rep from * around.
• Rnds 18, 20, 22: *K4, p7, p3; rep from * to last st, pm for new beg of rnd.
• Rnds 19, 21, 23: *Sk2p, k2, yo, k7, yo, k2; rep from * around.
• Rnd 24: K.

Rep Rnds 1-24 for pattern.

Toe Instructions

Using Figure-8 CO, CO a total of 16 sts—8 sts on each needle.

• Rnd 1: *Pm, k8; rep from * once more.
• Inc Rnd: *Kfb, k to 2 before m, kfb, k1; rep from * once more—4 sts inc’d.
• Rep Inc Rnd every rnd 2 times, then every 2 rnds 7 more times—56 sts.

Foot Instructions

Work even in St st until foot measures 7" (17.8cm) from CO or 2" (5.1cm) less than desired length.

Next Rnd: K53.

Heel Instructions

Part 1

Note: Heel is worked over next 34 sts, leaving 22 sts unworked for instep.

• Row 1: K33, w&t.
• Row 2: P32, w&t.
• Row 3: K31, w&t.
• Row 4: P30, w&t.
• Continuing, working 1 st less each row until you reach p12, w&t.

Part 2

• Row 1: K to first wrapped st, k wrap with st, w&t.
• Row 2: P to first wrapped st, p wrap with st, w&t.
• Row 3: K to first double-wrapped st, k wraps with st, w&t.
• Row 4: P to first double-wrapped st, p wraps with st, w&t.
• Rep last 2 rows until all double-wrapped sts have been worked, leaving a single wrapped st at either edge of heel. K 1 rnd, working remaining wraps with their sts.

Leg Instructions

• K 2 rnds.
• Work even in Lotus Blossom for 6" (15.2cm), ending with Rnd 12 or 24 of pattern.
• Work even in 2 x 2 Ribbing for 1½" (3.8cm).
• BO all sts loosely in pattern.

Finishing Touches

Weave in ends. Lightly block to open up lace.