Pattern: Owl Bit Socks

 

Finished Measurements:
Pattern is written for women's size 8 (US)

Materials:
2 skeins Premier Yarns Deborah Norville Collection Serenity Sock Weight in Surf (MC)
1 skein Premier Yarns Deborah Norville Collection Serenity Sock Weight in Deep Brown (CC)
Size 1 double pointed needles

Abbreviations:
K - knit
P - purl
Sl - slip unworked stitch from left needle to right needle
SSK - slip unworked stitch from left needle to right needle knitwise. Slip a second unworked stitch from the left needle to the right needle knitwise. Slip those two unworked stitches separately back to the left needle purlwise. Knit those two stitches together in the back of the  stitches (decrease).
K2tog - knit two stitches together (decrease).
P2tog - purl two stitches together (decrease).
Inc - knit into the front and back of the same stitch (increase).

Instructions:
Toe Shaping
Using provisional cast on method and MC, cast on 12 stitches
Round 1: P across
Round 2: K across
Round 3: P across
Round 4: K across

Remove live stitches from scrap yarn and place them on a double pointed needle. You should have 24 sts on two needles (12 sts per needle). Begin knitting in the round.

Round 5: *K2, Inc, K1 (add a needle) K1, Inc, K2.* Repeat from * to *
Round 6: Needle 1 - K2, Inc, K across needle
          Needle 2 - K across needle to last 3 sts, Inc, K2
          Needle 3 - K2, Inc, K across needle
          Needle 4 - K across needle to last 3 sts, Inc, K2

Repeat Round 6 until you have 40 sts total (10 sts per needle)

Round 7: K across
Round 8: Needle 1 - K2, Inc, K across needle
        Needle 2 - K across needle to last 3 sts, Inc, K2
        Needle 3 - K2, Inc, K across needle
        Needle 4 - K across needle to last 3 sts, Inc, K2

Repeat Round 7 and Round 8 until you have 64 sts total (16 sts per needle)

Round 9: K across
Round 10: Needle 1 - K2, Inc, K across needle
        Needle 2 - K across
        Needle 3 - K2, Inc, K across needle
        Needle 4 - K across (66 sts total)

Foot:
For all foot rounds, work the Owl Bits Pattern below. The MC appears in white on the chart and the CC appears in black. Work until the sock is the length from the toe to the bend of your ankle at the top of your foot.

Heel Flap:

Turn so WS is facing and work across Needles 3 & 4 only (leave Needles 1 & 2 unworked and to the side) in MC only, meaning you do not work in the Owl Bits Pattern for the heel flap. 

Row 1: Sl 1, P across

Row 2: Sl 1, K across

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 nine more times (10 repeats total, or 20 rows).

Row 3: P17, P2tog, P1, turn (leave rem sts unworked) 

Row 4: Sl 1, K3, K2tog, K1, turn (leave rem sts unworked) 

Row 5: Sl 1, P4, P2tog, P1, turn. 

Row 6: Sl1, K5, K2tog, K1, turn. 
Row 7: Sl1, P6, P2tog, P1, turn. 
Row 8: Sl1, K7, K2tog, K1, turn. 
Row 9: Sl1, P8, P2tog, P1, turn. 
Row 10: Sl1, K9, K2tog, K1, turn. 
Row 11: Sl1, P10, P2tog, P1, turn. 
Row 12: Sl1, K11, K2tog, K1, turn. 
Row 13: Sl1, P12, P2tog, P1, turn. 
Row 14: Sl1, K13, K2tog, K1, turn. 
Row 15: Sl1, P14, P2tog, P1, turn. 

Row 16: Sl 1, K15, K2tog.

Split the remaining heel flap sts so there's 8 sts on Needle 4 and 9 sts on Needle 3. Begin working in the round again.

Round 11: Pick up and K 10 sts along heel flap edge on same Needle 4; K across Needles 1 & 2 in Owl Bits Pattern; pick up and K 10 sts along the other heel flap edge with Needle 3 and K remaining sts on Needle 3. (70 sts total). K across Needle 4 to get to the end of the round.

Gusset Shaping: (decrease)

For the Gusset Shaping and the rest of the pattern until the end ribbing, work in the Owl Bits Pattern.

Round 12: Needles 1-2 - K across 
       Needle 3 - K1, SSK, K across.
       Needle 4 - K across until last 3 sts, K2tog, K1.

Round 13: K across.

Repeat Round 12 and Round 13 until there are 66 sts total, with 16 sts on Needles 1 & 3 and 17 sts on Needles 2 & 4. 

Continue working in Owl Bits Pattern until you reach 1/4 inch less than your desired length.

Ribbing:
Using MC only, Work K1, P1 for ten rows.
Cast off.

Owl Bits Pattern:
Here is the pattern in its entirety across the 66 sts:

Here is a view of an owl up close:

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