Small Shell Socks

Check out the video tutorial at the end of the post

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Edit Feb 8, 2011: I made a toe up version of this sock and can be found here.


I made these small shell socks using Yarn Bee baby yarn I got for Christmas. So here is the pattern:


Materials:

Fingering yarn
Size C crochet hook


Start at cuff:

Row 1: ch 11, sc 2nd chain hook, sc across, ch 1, turn. 10 sc
Row 2: sc in the back loops across.

Repeat Row two until you have 36 rows or 18 ridges

Shell pattern:

3 sc in stitch indicated

Turn work working along the sides of the sock. Work 18 shells along the 18 ridges in the cuff. Do not join and work in continuous rounds.

Next row: Shell in the middle stitch of first shell made and the remaining 17 shells. Continue this row until you have the desired leg length.

Heel:

When you are ready to make the heel, ch 1 and turn.

sc in the 1st and 3rd stitch of the next nine shells, ch 1 turn. You should have 18 sc. Sc across, ch 1, turn. Continue until you have completed 8 rows.

Heal turn:

Row 1: sc in the next nine sc, sc next 2tog, sc, ch 1, turn
Row 2: sc in the next 2 sc, sc next 2tog, sc, ch 1, turn
Row 3: sc to the 1 sc before the end of row, sc 3tog in next sc, side of row and sc on the row below, sc in next sc, ch1, turn.
Continue with row 3 until you have worked all the stitches on the heel, you should have 10 sc.

A visual to help understand row 3.

Gusset and Foot:

Add 9 sc along the side of the heel, work in the established shell pattern along the top of the foot, add 9 sc along the other side of the heal and sc in the 10 sc along the top of the heal....so you have 9 shells at the top of the foot and 28 sc for the bottom of the foot.

Next five rows:

Sc until two stitches before the shell, sc 2 tog, work the established shell pattern for the top of the foot, sc 2 tog the next 2 sc after the last shell, and continue around until you have 18 sc on the bottom of the foot.

Continue working the shell pattern for the top of the foot and 18 sc along the bottom of the foot until you have the desired foot length.

Markers may help keep track of the bottom and top of the foot.

Toe:

When ready to work the toe, end at the 18th sc, just before the shell pattern. Sc in the 1st and 3rd stitch of the next nine shells, you now have 36 sc total.

*sc in the next 7 sc, sc 2 tog* 4 times
*sc in the next 6 sc, sc 2 tog* 4 times
*sc in the next 5 sc, sc 2 tog* 4 times
*sc in the next 4 sc, sc 2 tog* 4 times
*sc in the next 3 sc, sc 2 tog* 4 times
*sc in the next 2 sc, sc 2 tog* 4 times
Finish off

Sew the end of the toe, sew up the seam in the cuff, and weave in all ends.