Mistress Stash Enhancer

I finally found my notebook where I wrote down my notes on my itty bitty teeny socks. I put it in a very safe place apparently, geesh! So with out further ado, I give you:

Itty Bitty Teeny Socks, a pattern

·        Small bit of sock yarn. Around 7 yards per sock.

·        3 size 000 double pointed needles

·        2 earring hooks  – optional

Cast on 16 stitches arrange as follows:

needle 1- 5 stitches

needle 2- 5 stitches

needle 3- 6 stitches

Knit 12 rows

With needle 1 start knitting heel flap as follows:

            Row 1: slip 1^st stitch knit 4, turn

            Row 2: slip 1^st stitch purl 4, turn

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 once more. (total of 4 rows worked)

Knit across heel stitches, pick up and knit 4 stitches.

Knit across instep stitches (needles 2 and 3), pick up and knit 4 stitches

Knit across the heel. Row now starts in the middle of the heel.

Decrease round:

Knit to last three stitches on needle 2 SSK, K1.

Knit across instep, K1, K2tog.

Knit one round.

Knit decrease round every other row 3 more times (total of 8 rows worked, 8 stitches decreased)

Knit 10 more rounds.

Toe decreases:

round 1:

Needle 2: K1, K2tog, knit 2

Needle 3: knit 3, SSK, K1

 round 2:

Needle 1: K1, K2tog, knit 2

Needle 2: knit 4

Needle 3: knit 5

 round 3:

Needle 1: knit 3, SSK, K1

Needle 2: K1, K2tog, K1

Needle 3: K1, SSK, knit 3

 round 4:

Needle 1: knit 1, SSK, knit 3

Needle 2: knit 2

Needle 3: knit 4

 round 5:

Needle 1: knit 2, SSK, K1

Needle 2: knit 2

Needle 3: K1 SSK, K1, K2tog.

Knit one round, Graft stitches or draw stitches together using a tapestry needle. Weave in ends.

In this pattern you can use any decrease that works for you. On my second pair of teeny socks I used the s1, psso decrease. Have fun with this, if you want smaller socks cast on less stitches, bigger socks cast on more. Don’t worry about making a mistake, its just yarn. You can rip it out and try again, hopefully learning something in the process. If you want to print this pattern, copy and paste it into Word or email me and I'll send it to you!

If you find anything wrong with my pattern, please let me know! This is the first pattern of mine I’ve wrote down, so this is a bit new to me! Also if you make a pair of teeny tiny socks, give me a holler! I’d love to see them!

Amanda Cathleen

Mistress_stash_enhancer (at) yahoo (dot) com

Thank you everyone for all your fantastic complements on my Hedera socks! And to answer MandyJ's question, No that's not my kitchen counter. That's my extremely clean pressure washed driveway. Mike thought the driveway was really dirty during his last break, and borrowed his Brothers pressure washer and spent two days of his break washing the driveway. Guess what!! The Christmas tree? Its still up! Yeah, its great.

Anyway, This weekend I spent knitting as many blue squares as I could churn out for Justin. I wanted to send as many as I could since Cynthia needs to have 63 to make a blanket. Today I mailed out 10 of them along with the pictures my kiddos wanted to draw. Look at them being so sweet, coloring away I love them!

Allysa became bored after she had filled up her page with many colors, and decided her face would make a fantastic medium for color. Wouldn't ya say so too?

Fantastic, no? Good Lord

I bet your wondering why I love my steamer huh? I'm sure ya'll have heard the wonders of the Scuni steamer, how it takes Wonky and turns it into Nice with minimal pinning instantly before your eyes!!

Dear Scuni steamer, I heart you!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO MOTHERS EVERYWHERE!! Sending you wishes that you have an enjoyable day, that you don't have to scream "GET OFF YOUR SISTER!!", wash any dishes, clean up after anyone, that you just get to do what you want to do!!

Happy Mother's Day Mom! Hope its a good one ; )

Allysa, Mema and Corra

Pepe, Mema and Allysa