Sunstreak
Sunstreak
If you are new to sock knitting this is a perfect beginner sock pattern for you to learn with. It removes all the harder skills of picking up stitches, or kitchener stitch, which most sock patterns incorporate.
These socks are probably the easiest socks you will ever knit! Really!
This sock pattern is built exactly like my Brainstorm sock pattern, extending the leg and adding a cuff, instead of a rolled cuff sock. Sunstreak. Still super simple though. Easy to memorize.
Abbreviations:
M1 = make 1 stitch. You can do this in whatever increase style you like best.
K = knit
P = purl
K2T = knit 2 together
P2T = purl 2 together
K1TBL = knit 1 stitch through the back loop
SSN = slip 1 stitch, slip one stitch, knit both stitches together through the back loops
Materials Needed:
Approximately 60-65 grams of fingering weight sock yarn A set of 5 dpns in size 0-2 US depending on your gauge A needle to weave in the ends.
This example was knit with 59 grams of one skein of Knitpicks Stroll sock yarn with plenty of yarn left over.
Finished measurements:
Sized to fit average women's foot - Foot length: 9-1⁄4 inches
CAST ON
This sock is a 64 stitch sock knit in stockinette and an easy to memorize leg and foot pattern
Cast on 16 stitches onto 4 dpns for a total of 64 stitches, then join in the round.
Cuff
Round 1: *K1TBL, P1*
Repeat Round 1 for 10 rounds, approximately 1
inch, or for as tall of a cuff as you would like.
Leg
Round 1:
Needle 1: Knit
Needle 2 and 3: P1, k2, *P1, k3* till the last stitch
of Needle 3, P1. (instep stitches)
Needle 4: Knit
Repeat this round until leg section of sock is as long as you’d like. I knit the example for 5 inches.
Begin Heel
This sock features the “strong heel”. I did not invent this heel style. You’ll see it used in lots of patterns for socks. It’s especially great for new sock knitters because of its simplicity.
You’ll be thrilled to know you don’t have to make a heel flap or pick up any stitches! I only wish I had known about this method earlier when I was first learning to knit socks!
Also if you are using striped yarn it doesn’t interrupt the stripe pattern very much at all.
Heel Round One:
Needle 1: Knit to the end of the needle, pm, m1 (you’ll have 17 sts on your needle)
Needle 2 & 3: Knit the stitches on these 2 needles in the leg pattern.
Needle 4: M1, pm, knit 16 stitches (you’ll have 17 sts on your needle)
Heel Round Two:
Needles 1 & 4: Knit all stitches Needles 2 & 3: Continue pattern stitch
Heel Round Three:
Needle 1: Knit to marker, slip marker, m1, knit to end of needle. (you added one st)
Needles 2 & 3: Continue pattern stitch
Needle 4: Knit to marker, m1, slip marker, knit to end of needle (you add one st)
Heel Round Four:
Needles 1 & 4: Knit all stitches Needles 2 & 3: Continue pattern stitch
Continue Heel rounds 3 and 4 until you have increased 15 stitches each on needles 1 and 4. (There will be 31 stitches on Needle 1 and 31 stitches on Needle 4.)
Heel decreases:
Knit this section back and forth on needles 1 and 4 until the heel decreases are complete. No need for the 5th
(extra) needle unless you just want to use it.
Using the end of needle 4 begin knitting
From needle 1 as follow (RS): k1, k2t, k1 – turn
Needle 1 & 4: (WS): sl1, p3, p2t, p1 – turn
Row 3 (RS): sl1, k to 1 st before gap, k2t, k1 – turn
Row 4 (WS): sl1, p to 1 st before gap, p2tog, p1 – turn
Repeat row 3 and 4 until there is one stitch unworked on each outer end of needle 4 and needle 1 separated from the rest of your stitches with the gap. You now have 17 sts on needles 1 and 4. You will do away with those extra 2 stitches from the end of the needles in the next round.
The heel is finished now and we are working in rounds again. Here is the new beginning of the round!
You’ll begin on Needle 4: k 16 sts
Now use your 5th needle to knit stitches from needle 1 now
Needle 1: knit to last 2 sts k2t (This should be two stitches separated by the gap)
Needle 2 and 3: knit in pattern
Needle 4: K2T, knit to end (again this was two stitches separated by a gap)
You have now completed all the decreases and you should be back to 64 sts, 16 on each needle. You are now ready to knit the foot. Knit the foot until you are 1 1⁄2 inches shorter than the full length of your foot. Lay your sock flat and measure from the back of the heel. Once you have reached this point you are ready for the toes.
Toes:
When you are all done with the toe this is what it will look like from the end. Kind of neat looking I think. This star shaped toe will fit as well as any Kitchener stitch toe ever did as long as you have measured your foot length correctly. And if you are gifting these socks this toe is forgiving and will be more accommodating I think, when you are guessing at foot length based on shoe size.
Now let’s get started on those toes:
Round 1:
Needle 1-4: k14, ssk
Rounds 2 , 4, 6, 8, 10, 12: Knit all stitches.
Rounds 3,5,7,9,11, 13-20:
Needle 1-4: Knit to last 2 stitches, SSK
Continue until you have 2 stitches left on each needle. 8 stitches in total. Note that once you hit round 13 every round after that is the same, reducing 4 stitches per round till you’ve finished round 20 where you should have 8 stitches in total left.
Cut your yarn long enough to slip remaining stitches onto it and gently pull the circle closed. Please don’t make the mistake of pulling tightly to close the circle of the last stitches here before you weave in the end. If you do this it will cause the end of the toe to never “lay flat” and won’t fit as well. You’ll want to just gently pull the circle closed and then weave in the ends and cut your yarn.
I hope you enjoyed knitting this pattern. If you find any errors, or have any suggestions please feel free to email me.
Thanks again for choosing my pattern and I hope to see your completed projects on Ravelry or on the web!
Becky Walsh
Ravelry and Instagram ID: RBWKNITS
Pattern last updated 8-1-22
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