Dr. Who Knitting Pattern (free) KNEE SOCKS!!!!

I'm all about creating your own stuff, but since I'm new at this, I decided to re-purpose certain aspects of other people's designs and put it all together... a knitting mash-up of sorts, to create my own pair of knee-high socks.  As set out in my previous post, I wanted to make a gift for my brother's girlfriend, as well as a Christmas gift for a friend.  I ended up deciding on a pair of knee socks for both of them, but I wanted it to cater to each girl's particular "design" aesthetic.  So I found this super cute DROPS Socks design and decided to give it a go for the pseudo sis-in-law.

Finished product... yes shitty pic, I'm gonna get
better at documenting my stuff, I promise.

For take two, I went with - Dr. Who!  I borrowed the main sizing and heel work from the same pattern above, but combined it with the cute little Tardis chart from this Tardis Beanie, both of which I found on Ravelry.  I hope this pattern I sorta created is easy enough to understand and that you enjoy it!!  Here goes nothing,,,

Sock Sizing:
[5/6½ shoe - 7½/9 shoe - 9½/10½ shoe]

US Size 1 Needles (working in the round for leg/working back and forth for heel)
[200 - 250 - 250] grams Fingering Weight Yarn


Cast-on [104 - 117 - 130] stitches
Join for working in the round. Mark beginning of round.

- Work in [K2, P2] stitch for approximately 2 inches.
If you want it to be even more funky/interesting/colorful,
feel free to change colors (maybe incorporating your TARDIS
blue here).  Work knit stitches in one color, and purl stitches in
another.  Switch to primary color (NOT TARDIS blue) for the next section.

- Work stockinette stitch (all knit stitches) for approximately 1 inch.

- Work this chart, repeating each set of 13 stitches [8 - 9 - 10] times around calf.

* The "white" boxes are your primary yarn 

color/what you've been knitting with the whole time.

* The "grey" boxes are your choice of TARDIS blue.

* You'll start in the upper left corner, working from

left to right, top to bottom, ending 17 rows later in 

the bottom right corner.  Make sure not to pull your

yarn too tightly here or it will bulge around your

calf and/or not fit.

- Knit in stockinette in your primary color until total piece measures 4½ inches

- Begin calf/shin decreases:
       At 4½ inches, spread [8 - 9 - 10] stitch decrease by K2tog evenly around until there are [96 - 108 - 120] stitches left on needle
       At 6¼ inches, spread [8 - 9 - 10] stitch decrease by K2tog evenly around until there are [88 - 99 - 110] stitches left on needle
       At 8¼ inches, spread [8 - 9 - 10] stitch decrease by K2tog evenly around until there are [80 - 90 - 100] stitches left on needle
       At 10¼ inches, spread [8 - 9 - 10] stitch decrease by K2tog evenly around until there are [72 - 81 - 90] stitches left on needle

- Continue in stockinette until overall piece measures [17¾ - 18½ - 19¼] inches.

-Begin heel decreases:
       Slip [39 - 39 - 48] stitches onto a stitch holder = upper foot; will come back to these
       Keep remaining [33 - 42 - 42] stitches on needle for heel (working back and forth)
       Work stockinette (knit RS, purl WS) for heel stitches.  You're going to do a quick heel decrease on first RS row: spread [12 - 15 - 15] stitch decrease by
       K2tog evenly around until there are [21 - 27 - 27] stitches left on needle.  When heel is [2 - 2¼ - 2⅜] inches, insert a marker and work heel decreases as follows:

Row 1 (RS): work row (knits) until [5 - 7 - 7] stitches remain

K2tog into back of loop, turn piece

Row 2 (WS): work row (purls) until [5 - 7 - 7] stitches remain

P2tog, turn piece

Row 3 (RS): work row until [4 - 6 - 6] stitches remain

K2tog into back of loop, turn piece

Row 4 (WS): work row until [4 - 6 - 6] stitches remain

P2tog, turn piece

Continue decreases like this with 1 less stitch before each decrease until

there are [13 - 15 - 15) stitches on needle

- After heel decreases, pick up [13 - 14 - 16] stitches on each side of heel and slip the [39 - 39 - 48] stitches from holder back onto needle to total [78 - 82 - 95] stitches.  Begin knitting stockinette in the round, at the same time, decrease as follows:

K2tog into back of loop the two last stitches BEFORE the upper foot 

(the [39 - 39 - 48] stitches you saved on the stitch holder)

AND

K2tog first two stitches AFTER the upper foot stitches

Repeat the decrease on every other round a total of [6 - 6 - 9] times

to equal [66 - 70 - 77] stitches

- Continue knitting in stockinette until distance from marker on heel measures approximately [7 - 7½ - 8¾] leaving approximately [1½ - 2 - 2] inches remaining for the toe area.  Maintain knitting in stockinette and decrease across upper foot stitches only by spreading [12 - 12 - 15 ] stitch decrease by K2tog evenly until there are [54 - 58 - 62] stitches left on needle.

- Insert markers on each side of foot with [27 - 29 - 31] on upper and under foot.  Continue in stockinette stitch while decreasing for toes as follows:

BEFORE marker - K2tog

AFTER marker - K2tog into back of loop

Repeat the decrease on every other round a total of [4] times and then

on every round [7 - 8 - 9] times until there are [10] stitches left on needle

- Cut the thread, pull it through remaining stitches, tighten and fasten

And there you have it!!  I hope it makes sense, and if it doesn't please ask and I can try my best to explain differently.  Please bear in mind that I didn't create any of this, just rewrote the patterns I listed above; referring to them may help clarify as well.  In any case, enjoy and share pics of your finished products!!  They'll probably look better than mine seeings how this is like the fourth thing I've ever knitted!!

Until next time...

PICTURE(S) TO COME SOON