After all the weird and wonderful things in this blog, and the (probably) general opinion that Ms Deadly Glamour is a party animal who lives on gin and tonic, dresses up 24 hours a day and spends every free waking hour polishing her collection of 120 pairs of very high-heeled shoes, here comes the shocking revelation:

A knitting pattern. For a pair of socks. O my god.
Whatever next? Recipes for jam? (don't worry, I can do that as well, and my Strawberry and Lime Daiquiri jam is legendary, but not yet...)

Anyway, I knitted these for the Ravelry Sock Knitters Anonymous June 09 project.
And somebody liked them.
So I wrote the pattern down, and hopefully other people will like them and knit them as well. They are dead easy to knit (hence the name), even a complete beginner in the art of knitting socks could cope with that pattern.
The original leg pattern is based on "Easy Stitch 22" on page 126 from the pattern book "Knitting Stitches" by Mary Webb, my edition published by Quantum Publishing, London in 2006

ATTENTION: This sock pattern is only for private use, if you want to make them for commercial purposes, you will have to contact me first. This includes etsy, ebay etc. Or me and my toolkit will come down on you like a ton of bricks. I mean that.

DEAD EASY SOCKS

You will need for size 5 1/2 to 6 (38/39 continental)

- 100g of sock yarn (420 m per 100g, or 459yds per 2 1/2 oz), i.e. Regia 4 ply, Schoeller Fortissima Socka, Cherry Tree Hill, Malabrigo or similar. I knitted the pair in the photos with Zitron Trekking XXL. If you are using up some yarn from another project, I needed exactly 66g.

- A set of 5 dp needles in size between 2 and 3 mm. I used 2.5 mm.

- Two stitch markers would be useful.

Tension: 42 rounds and 30 stitches in stocking stitch will make a square of 10cm x 10cm / 4" x 4"
The pattern is very stretchy, after all, it is a kind of rib, the socks fit very snugly and hold up very well.
It may look tight, but it is not.....

Knitted from the leg down.
Cast on 60 stitches and distribute on 4 needles, 15 stitches on each, close to a round. Start of the round is at the centre back .

Knit cuff:
* k2 p2 * repeat to end of round.
Repeat for 14 more rounds.

Leg pattern: Repeat 12 rounds
Rounds 1 to 6:    k2 * p2 k4 *, repeat between * *,  k the last 2 stitches in the round (this centres the pattern)
Rounds 7 to 12:  p1 * k4 p2 *, repeat between * *,  p the last stitch in the round.

Repeat the leg pattern for 4 more times, and once rounds 1 to 6.

Next round k all stitches on needle 1, continue in pattern on needles 2 and 3 (the front of the leg), k all stitches on needle 4
Knit one full repeat of the pattern.

Heel pattern: (it is easier if all 30 stitches of the heel, from needles 1 and 4, are on one needle)
K all stitches on needle 1. Turn
K first stitch, p to end of needle 1, continue in p to the stitch before the last on needle 4, k last stitch. Turn

Front side:  K first stitch, * slip 1, k1 *, repeat to end, k last stitch. Turn.
Back side: K first stitch, p 28 stitches, k last stitch

Repeat these two rows 14 more times. You should have now 15 small knots (made by the k stitches on the edge) on each side of the seam. These will be used to pick up the stitches for the foot.

Heel turn flap:
Knit to middle of right side (15 st), k1, ssk (Slip 2 st separately knitwise on right needle, transfer back to left needle, knit together, creates a decrease turning to the left), k1, turn.
Slip one purlwise (yarn in front), p3, p 2 together, p1, turn.
You should now have on your needles: 11st - gap - 6st - gap - 11st
Slip one knitwise (yarn in back), k4 until the stitch before the gap, ssk this stitch and the one after the gap, k1, turn.
Slip one purlwise (yarn in front), p5 until the stitch before the gap, p tog this st and the one after the gap, p1 turn.

Continue like this, always k respectively p to the stitch just before the gap and k respectively p these and the one after the gap together, k or p one more stitch, turn.
When you have reached the edge of the last p row, you should have 16 st on the needle.

Start to knit in rounds again.
K to end of heel (stitches 1 to 8 are needle 4, stitches 9 to 16 are needle 1).
Pick up 15 st from the knots on the heel side with needle 1, k needles 2  and 3 in pattern (starts on a row 7), pick up 15 st from the knots on the other heel side, k 8 st from heel flap on same needle.
You should now have 23 st each on needles 1 and 4  (15 from the side, 8 from half of the heel) , and 15 st each on needles 2 and 3.

The sock now continues with needles 1 and 4  (the sole)  in stocking stitch only,  needles 2 and 3 (top of the foot) in pattern.

Sole decreases:
Needle 1: k 7 st, k 2 tog, place marker, k 14 st
Needle 2 and 3 in pattern.
Needle 4: k 14 st, place marker, ssk, k 7 st.
Knit one round in stocking stitch respectively pattern, according to needle.

Next round - Needle 1: k 6 (to 2 st before the marker), k 2 tog, slip marker, k 14,
Needle 2 and 3 in pattern
Needle 4: k 14 st to marker, slip marker, ssk, k (6 st) to end of needle.
Knit one round of stocking stitch respectively pattern.

Continue like this until 15 st are left on each sole needle. The heel flap and decreases should form a lozenge shape in the centre of the sole.

Again, the pattern on top of the foot is repeated  in total 5 times and once row 1 to 6 for the foot.
Foot length: (for size 5 1/2 to 6) 18 cm from end of heel to start of toe.

Toe decreases:
Needle 1: k to last 2 st, k 2 tog, Needle 2: ssk, k to last stitch
Needle 3 as Needle 1, Needle 4 as Needle 2
Knit 1 rd stocking st.
Repeat these 2  rows 5 times more ( 9 st on each needle), then decrease in each row, until there are 2 st on each needle.
Close toe with Kitchener Stitch.

Finished! Weave in ends.
The second sock is made exactly the same way
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From left: Both socks finished, a closeup view of the pattern, the heel and sole decreases.

This project is called Glowworms on Ravelry, and the photos there are bigger.....
Any questions, remarks, typos found, etc, pm me there.

DeadlyGlamour