Cabled Socks

These were made with Cherry Tree Hill Supersock on 2.75 mm needles.

72 stitches were cast on. The ribbing is 1/1. The cable pattern repeats over 12 stitches and 11 rows as follows:

rows 1,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11: k1, p3, k1, p1, k1, p3, k1, p1
row 2: k1, p3, k1, p1, put next 4 st onto cable needle and hold in back, k1, return 1st st on cable needle to the holding needle, p3 from cable needle, k1, p1
row 7: put next 4 st onto cable needle and hold in back, k1, return 1st st on cable needle to the holding needle, p3 from cable needle, k1, p1, k1, p3, k1, p1.

with the exception of the first pattern repeat, which is worked as follows:

row 1: (k1, p1) 36 times
row 2: (k1, p1) 3 times, put next 4 st onto cable needle and hold in back, k1, return 1st st on cable needle to the holding needle, p3 from cable needle, k1, p1
rows 3, 4, 5, 6: (k1, p1) 3 times, k1, p3, k1, p1
row 7: put next 4 st onto cable needle and hold in back, k1, return 1st st on cable needle to the holding needle, p3 from cable needle, k1, p1, k1, p3, k1, p1.
rows 8,9,10,11: k1, p3, k1, p1, k1, p3, k1, p1

The cables pull in so much that the stockinette sole was pulled up onto the sides of the foot so I knit the foot with 8 fewer stitches on the sole. The heel flap was worked over 35 stitches and 37 stitches were held for the instep. I did the gusset decreases in the usual manner but continued until there were 29 stitches remaining. The 37 instep stitches were worked as 3 pattern repeats and 1 purl stitch On the last row of the pattern, I did a p2tog at the center of the 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th cable. On the first row of the toe decreases, I transferred the first stitch of the instep to the first needle, the last stitch of the instep to the 3rd needle, giving me 15, 31 and 16 stitches on needles 1, 2 and 3 respectively. The toe was worked in the usual manner.