Knitted socks with cats. Short socks with a black cat. How to make socks for cats with your own hands

So, let's begin.

We knit for children(can be used for girls and boys of kindergarten age) My socks are designed for a 5-year-old girl.

We knit with knitting needles. Stocking needles 5 pieces, diameter 2.5 mm.

Yarn. Usually socks are knitted from leftovers. But, like a true grandmother, I purchased Rasskazov yarn a year ago. Including especially for socks.

As you can see in the picture, the yarn is thin. Meterage 600 meters in 100 grams.
I knitted it in two threads from two balls (I never wind two threads into one ball; due to different tensions of the threads, the fabric may turn out clumsy)
You can use other yarn. The main thing is to calculate the number of loops after the knitted pattern, which we will discuss below.

Knitting technique: Italian cast-on stitches, knitting in the round, double heel knitting, wedge knitting, turn knitting, intarsia, loop embroidery. (We will try to jointly describe the process in detail in each case).
Girls, your skills and advice are welcome.

Size:. We take the following measurements:
-Leg circumference for toe width: My option is to measure the leg circumference at the expected toe height and measure the foot circumference at the widest part. And choose the average. (in my case 19 cm)
-Sock height: measurement from the beginning of the heel to the expected height (in my case: elastic band - 5 cm, stockinette stitch - 5 cm, heel itself -5 cm) Total 15 cm (this time I decided to knit high socks, under boots) You can do less. The main thing is to leave 5 cm on the heel, 5 on the front surface. Believe me, a deep heel sits better on the leg).
-Length of the toe along the foot: from the beginning of the heel to the end of the little toe. In theory - to the middle of the little finger, but in our case, the decrease in the toe will be in each row). In my case 17.5 cm.

For today:
We knit a sample using stockinette stitch. I cast on 30 stitches and knitted 20 rows. We wash and dry the sample.
Tomorrow we do the calculations and start knitting.
Good evening to everyone. Till tomorrow

Second day:

So the sample is tied and dried.
Let's do calculation:
My pattern has 30 loops, which is 11.5 cm wide; 20 rows -4.5 cm long.

We make up the proportion: 19x30:11.5=49.5, I decided to round up to 48 loops. Although according to all the rules you need to round up. But she took a risk and didn’t miscalculate. The socks fit tightly on the leg. After all, I initially planned for my granddaughter to wear them with boots.
It’s also convenient - 12 stitches per stocking needle.

Let's start knitting.
Take a waste (contrast) thread. Here’s some advice: it’s better to take a cotton thread (it will be easier to weave)
We cast on half as many loops using waste thread in the usual way on stocking needles, i.e. 24 loops plus one loop for closing in a circle. i.e. 25 loops. We tie both ends of the thread into a knot. We cut the contrast thread - we won't need it anymore.
We take out one of the knitting needles.
Knitting first row with white thread already in a circle. The first loop is a knit stitch, then a yarn over, a knit stitch, a yarn over, etc. There are 12 loops on the knitting needle, the last one is a yarn over. And we do this with each of the 4 knitting needles.
We move on to knitting in the round, that is, we distribute 49 loops onto 4 knitting needles, 12 loops on each. The last one has 13 loops. We make sure that when closing the circle into the “well” the loops do not twist. A waste (contrast) thread will help us with this - this edge should be, as it were, inside our well.
We will conventionally designate the needles as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.
So on the 4th needle there are 13 stitches, the last one is knit. From the left 1st knitting needle we transfer this knit stitch to the right 4th knitting needle. And we pull the removed left loop through the right one and return it to the 1st knitting needle. This stretched loop will be the first in the next, second row.
Second row:
Third row: we knit knit stitches, remove purl stitches without knitting, thread BEFORE work.
Fourth row: We remove the knit stitches (thread BEHIND the work) and purl the yarn overs.
This is the Italian set. I learned from this great post:

But during wearing, the elastic band stretched. Now I decided to knit with a 2x2 rib.

To do this, in the fifth row you need to change the loops as follows: We knit the first loop of the 1st knitting needle, we remove the second purl on an additional knitting needle (or like me, on a broken plastic needle) AT work, we knit the third loop with the knit, we knit the removed second purl, the fourth - purl , fifth-facial; remove the sixth purl stitch onto an additional needle BEHIND the work

For control: at the beginning of each knitting needle there are 2 knits, at the end there are 2 purls.

Next we knit with a 2x2 elastic band to a height of 4-5 cm.
Girls, for those who are not good with stocking needles, advice: knit one needle, move it under the bottom of the next one. Get used to it later and like clockwork))))
We knitted an elastic band - I got 20 rows.
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Next we knit in the round using stockinette stitch with white thread. Also 20 rows.
I've already knitted it. I didn't take a photo. I looked at the previous ones - the quality is bad. It's because of the lighting. It's a gray day outside, raining.
Tomorrow we will start knitting the heel.
Good evening everyone.

Day three

So we knitted 20 rows in stockinette stitch with white yarn:

The essence of the “double” heel: in the front row we knit one knit stitch, remove the second one without knitting and so on until the end of the row, in the purl row we knit all the loops purlwise.

First row of heel: knit (edge), knit, remove third knit without knitting, etc. until the end of the 1st and 2nd knitting needles.

The photo shows: the white loops are removed, the red loops are knitted. We turn the work and knit all the loops purlwise. Moreover, we knit the purl loops with a trace. way: removed from the back wall, knitted from the front. The edge loops should form a path (braid) Avoid knots (we still need to cast on loops along the edge)

Somewhere on the fifth row the first and second knitting needles can be combined

Having knitted 5 cm (22 rows) in this way, we begin to form the rounding of the heel:

We have 24 loops on the knitting needle. We divide them into 3 parts. it turns out 8 loops. And with this calculation we mark the loops of the central part with markers (8 loops)
It turns out 8-8-8 (eight central and 8 side stitches) Remove the edge loops at the beginning of the row. The last stitch at the end of the row is a purl stitch.
The heel is rounded by decreasing the side (8) loops of the heel. We start decreasing on the wrong side.
To do this, in the purl row we knit 8 side loops, 8 central loops, and purl the next two loops together. We are turning the work around. We remove the first loop, knit 8 loops of the central part, knit the next two loops together with a tilt to the left (slip the first one without knitting, and pull the next one through it). Don't forget about the drawing in the central part.
We are unfolding the work. remove the first purl stitch, then knit 8 central purl loops, the next two purl stitches together. Then we repeat decreases until there are 10 loops left on the knitting needle. Everything - the heel has been formed.

We transfer 5 loops to another knitting needle and along the edge of the side part (we cast on loops from the edge braid. I got 12 cast on plus 5. It turned out to be 17.
We leave the red thread, knit 24 loops with white yarn from two “bored” knitting needles. Here the nuance is this: we will not knit the foot in a circular pattern, because we need a red sole, and the top of the sock should be white. Therefore, we will knit with intarsia.
So, we knit 24 with white yarn and unroll the knitting. Another tip - for a neater junction of the white and red yarn, transfer a pair of white loops to the red loops on an adjacent knitting needle.
Having unfolded the work, we knit the purl row of 24 loops of red color, cross the white and red threads, knit 17 loops of the side and central parts.
Next we knit 5 heel stitches. Using another knitting needle we lift (DO NOT PAST ON) 12 side heel loops. Like this:

The photo shows that 5 loops are knitted, the thread is in front of the raised loops. We purl these 12 stitches.
Turn the knitting. We have the front side. As a result: on the 1st knitting needle there are 17 loops of red yarn. On the 2nd - 17 loops of red yarn plus 2 loops of white, on the third 10, on the 4th - 12. The cut is formed by turning knitting, between the 1st and 4th knitting needles.
Again a nuance. The knitting needles should have an equal number of stitches, 12 on each. When lifting the loops on the first and second knitting needles, there were more loops -17, as if 5 extra loops. So we will decrease them at the beginning of the 1st and at the end of the 2nd knitting needle in each front row.. This decrease is knitting a “wedge”.
We decrease the extra “red” loops. way: the first edge, then decrease with a tilt to the right, remove one loop, knit the elastic one, and with the left knitting needle pull the removed one through the knitted one. Next, knit to the end of the first needle and to the end of the second, without knitting 3 loops.. Unfold two loops and knit together behind the front wall. The last one is the front one.
Next, cross, two white loops, then 22 loops from the 3rd and 4th needles. The last loop is a purl stitch.
Turn knitting inside out. We do not make any decreases on the wrong side.
In this way we decrease until we have 24 red loops left. Well, whites remain the same.
This is what the wedge looks like:

And this is the wrong side, you can see the interweaving of white and colored threads:

Day four

I have another idea here. You can knit a striped sole. There will be a red tabby cat. (I will do this when I knit my grandson)

So, we continue to knit the sole.
Let's decide on the size. My foot length is 17.5.
The heel measures 3.5 cm. The pattern from the beginning of the ears is 25 rows (5 cm). 17.5-3.5-5=9 cm.
Thus, from the side line of the heel we knit 9 cm with intarsia.

After this, we begin to knit the ears on the white part of the fabric. To do this, I unwound about a meter of white yarn and two red threads.
And here is the drawing itself.

Sorry for the quality of the diagram. I also made a diagram in a Word file, but I couldn’t insert it into the text. Can someone tell me how to insert it.
But for now we have.
Here are my explanations for the diagram. A cross is a red thread, an empty square is a white thread.

Day five:
So we knitted 9 cm of the foot fabric with intarsia.
In the white part of the canvas we begin to knit a pattern. That is, after 24 loops of red yarn, cross, knit 6 loops of white, the next 1 loop from an additional ball of red yarn. Pulling - 10 loops of white yarn. 1 loop from one more ball of red yarn, cross, 6 loops of white yarn. This is the first row of the drawing.
We then follow the diagram.
From the eighth row of the pattern we knit only with colored (red) yarn. In the same row, we switch to knitting in the round: that is, we again distribute 12 loops onto 4 knitting needles: 1st and 2nd - 12 loops of red yarn, 3rd and 4th - 12 loops of white yarn.
If you wish, starting from the 10th row of the pattern, we knit the eyes.
But for me, small details became the basis for stitch embroidery. And I really like this process. I learned from this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilRCucaledM&feature=youtu.be
If you are with me, we continue to knit in the round with red yarn until the 22nd row of the pattern.
Then we begin to make decreases (i.e., knit a toe) - the end of the sock.
In theory, for the toe we should decrease on each needle. But...
We have the face of a kitten)))))
Therefore, we will do a decrease in every row in the following way:
at the beginning of the 1st knitting needle, knit 2, knit 2 together with a tilt to the left, then according to the pattern... and at the end of the 2nd knitting needle, without knitting 4 loops, knit 2 together with a tilt to the right; Further:
at the beginning of the 3rd knitting needle - 2 knit stitches, 2 knit stitches together with a tilt to the left, then according to the pattern... and at the end of the 4th knitting needle, without finishing 4 loops - 2 knit stitches together with a tilt to the right, two knit stitches.

Uffff, girls, I hope I described the decrease properly
We continue to decrease until there are 2 loops left on each needle. We cut the thread, leaving a tip of 10-15 cm, thread this tip into the needle and pull it through the remaining 8 loops. From the wrong side we fasten the thread in a convenient way.
We carefully weave a waste (contrast) thread and close the tip of the main thread at the beginning of knitting. We thread all the ends of the threads from the wrong side. I do this with crochet.
The sock is ready.
If we are going to embroider in the future, then we DO NOT sew the side seam.

Let's start knitting the second sock. Everything is the same, only we form the side seam in a mirror image.

Girls, we finish knitting the second sock, tuck in all the ends and wash both socks, dry them.

Next time we'll embroider. Basically, I provided a link to a video of stitch embroidery.
I also published my diagram.
Maybe you have some decor schemes???


As the embroidery progressed, I changed my own pattern. I added 1 more loop of green iris.
Embroider the tail. Sew the side seams.

W socks and ready:

Size: 37/38

You will need: yarn (100% cotton, 165 m/100 g) - 50 g light lilac and 50 g black, set of double needles No. 3, hook No. 1.75.

Description of knitting socks

Cast on 48 stitches with light lilac thread (12 stitches on a knitting needle) and knit 4 rows of faces. satin stitch Then complete the pattern according to pattern 1, and then knit 4 more rows of faces. satin stitch with light lilac thread. After this, start knitting a straight heel according to the general rules for knitting socks. Knit the heel fabric, alternating the colors of the threads. After the heel, continue knitting as follows: knit 4 rows with a light lilac thread, knit the next 2 rows, alternating light lilac and black.

Next, on the loops of the 1st and 2nd knitting needles, knit the pattern according to pattern 2, and knit the loops of the 3rd and 4th knitting needles, alternating colors. Then knit another 8 rows as follows: * 2 rows with light lilac thread, 2 rows, alternating colors *. Repeat from * 2 times. After this, start knitting the cape according to the general rules for knitting socks, alternating colors. Crochet the top of the sock with black thread in 2 rows of st. b/n.

For the New Year, to please my daughter, I knitted her such warm socks. I chose a special children's yarn so that it would not prick, was warm and not thick, so that the sock could easily fit into a winter boot.
I'm starting to knit. To work you will need 5 knitting needles for knitting in the round, I use size 3 knitting needles and yarn. I chose special children's yarn. The composition is 50% wool, but it is not itchy at all. As always, first I cast on stitches on 2 needles, I do this so that the loops are not tight and the first row is knitted easily. For my yarn the number of loops is equal to 40.

Then I distribute 10 loops onto 4 knitting needles, and knit with the 5th knitting needle. The top of the socks is always knitted with an elastic band so that it stretches well and returns to its original position. I knit a simple 2/2 rib pattern. I got 23 rows.

Next, I knit in the round using regular stockinette stitch, the working thread behind the knitting needle.

Having knitted 16 rows, I move on to knitting the heel part. In children's socks, the heel was not strengthened. To knit the heel, you can take smaller knitting needles so that the knitting density is greater. And so, to knit the heel, I take half of the knitted loops - that’s 20 pieces and move them onto one knitting needle and knit them with only one knitting needle. The remaining 20 loops remain unknitted on the other needle, I will return to them later. When forming the top of the heel, you need to knit 8 rows in stockinette stitch, alternating purls and knits each row.

The next stage begins the narrowing of the heel. To do this, you need to distribute 20 loops on 3 knitting needles in this way: 5 loops on one, 10 loops on the next and the remaining 5 loops on the last knitting needle.

I continue to knit in stockinette stitch and remove one stitch at a time, knitting 2 stitches together on each row until there are only 10 stitches left.

I'm going back to knitting in the round. I pick up the missing side loops and start knitting in the round again. In total, with the loops cast on, I got 54 pieces

I continue to knit in the round. I gradually decrease two loops at once in each side row so that there are 40 loops again.

I continue until I reach the toe area.

Gradually I begin to decrease the loops in each row through one in this way: 2 loops together, one loop as usual, then again two loops together and so on until the sock is closed. The socks are almost ready. But that is not all. I wanted to decorate them further and embroider a cat on them. To do this you will need embroidery thread or any thread you have at home. I take different colors: black, red, green, pink. I crochet the top with 3-4 rows of fluffy baby yarn. I embroider ears, eyes, antennae, and mouth using colored threads. And that's it, the socks are ready.