Whipped these little guys up this weekend so that baby would have something to wear home from the hospital. Can’t have chilly toes, right?
Quick to knit using fingering weight yarn and US0s for a gauge of 8sts=1-inch. The socks feature short row heels and toes, a garter strip in front, and a garter “seam” in the back.
Enjoy and please let me know if you find any errors.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:46 am
you are SO nesting.
love them. they look similar to your baby daddy’s special socks he wears with his kilt.
November 28th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
I love this pattern…in fact, I love ALL of your patterns…thanks for writing them up!
December 17th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I love these socks but I do have a question. I am relatively new at knittng so please excuse my silly question. I just finished the short row heel and have 27 sts. Am I supposed to p to the end of the row/ In my attempt of trying the pattern – I didn’t p to end and started the turn the heel yet on Row 1 when I was done I still only had 27 sts. What am I doing wrong?
Please help me – I want to get these finished for my grandson for christmas.
Thank you!
December 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Thanks for writing. That’s an error in the pattern, which I’ll correct shortly.
After the Heel “row 1” there should still be 27 st (not 28) and row 11 should be: YO, k18, place last YO on needle with instep sts, k2tog, k16, move first heel YO to instep needle and SSk, k18 (36sts)
Here’s more short row info, if you need.
Here’s a tutorial.
Here are some videos.
December 17th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Thank you for responding to my questions.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Mary
March 11th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
[...] Garter Stripe Baby Socks by Jennifer Hoel [...]
March 30th, 2009 at 8:35 am
These are adorable, however I too am having troubles with the pattern. After I turn the heel it’s row 11 that is giving me troubles. I keep coming up 1 st short, even with your pattern revision that you offer here in the comments. For this row 11, do you only make a YO once? I’m really stuck here, any more clarity you can give?
Thank you!
March 30th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
ok, i redid the heel and figured it out.
must have done something wrong… i’ll blame it on being pregnant
March 31st, 2009 at 6:26 am
Ha! I know that feeling. Sorry for not replying to your original question. I blame that on sleep deprivation caused by a 4 month old…
April 21st, 2011 at 12:02 am
[...] I have always said I hated knitting socks and I’ve only ever knit one before. Not one pair, one SOCK. The second one is less than 1/2 an inch long and still on my needles. But BABY socks are baby sized, and these took only a couple of hours. I made a counting mistake on the first one that I just fudged and a couple of knit vs. purl mistakes on the second one that I had to rip out and do over but even with the frustrating parts they are so adorable I don’t even care. I see a lot more tiny socks in my future. (Garter stripe baby socks pattern found here) [...]
September 2nd, 2011 at 11:02 pm
I have knit this up to Row 3 of the heel and have come up 1 stitch short about 5 times now! I only have 2 stitches remaining at the end of this row! What is going on?