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Bunny Socks

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Materials

Yarn: Angora from Plymouth, 1 each of 2 colors (color A & B)
Needles: DPN’s size US 4
Gauge: 6 stitches per inch

Instructions

Cast on 28 stitches using color B. Divide onto 3 DPN’s, join to knit in the round, place marker.

Cuff

Continuing with color B, Purl 4 rounds. Knit 3 rounds.
Change to color A. Knit 1 round, Purl 4 rounds, Knit 3 rounds.
Change to color B. Knit 1 round, purl 4 rounds.
Change to Color A. Knit 2 rounds.

Set Up for Heel Flap

Knit 7 stitches. TURN. Slip 1, purl 13 stitches. Rearrange needles so the last 14 stitches worked are on one needle, and the other 14 stitches are divided onto the other two needles (7 stitches each). Continue working heel flap just on the 14 stitch needle.

Heel Flap

Round 1: Slip 1, knit 13. Turn.
Round 2: Slip 1, purl 13. Turn.
Repeat these two rounds until heel flap measures about 1 inch, ending with a purl row

Turn Heel

Round 1: K9, k2tog, k1, turn.
Round 2: Slip 1, p5, p2tog, p1, turn.
Round 3: Slip 1, k6, k2tog, k1, turn.
Round 4: Slip 1, p7, p2tog, p1, turn.
Round 5: slip 1, k8, k2tog, turn.
Round 6: slip 1, p7, p2tog, turn.

Gusset Set Up

Still using the same needle (we’ll call it needle #1), pick up one stitch in each slipped stitch along the side of the heel flap (the stitches that look like “V”s).
Using an empty needle (this is needle #2), knit across the next two needles – 14 stitches total.
Using an empty needle (we’ll call it needle #3), pick up one stitch in each slipped stitch along the side of the heel flap. Also knit 4 of the stitches from the heel flap onto this needle.

Shape Foot

Round 1: Needle #1: knit to 3 stitches from end of needle, k2tog, k1. Needle #2: Knit all stitches. Needle #3: k1, ssk, knit to end.
Round 2: Knit

Repeat these two rounds until you are down to 28 stitches total: Needle #1 = 7 stitches, Needle #2 = 14 stitches, Needle #3 = 7 stitches.

Knit 10 rounds.

Toe

Change to color B.
Round 1: Needle #1: knit to 3 stitches from end of needle, k2tog, k1. Needle #2: k1, ssk,, knit to 3 stitches from end of needle, k2tog, k1. Needle #3: K1, ssk, knit to end of needle.
Round 2: Knit

Repeat these two rounds until there are 12 stitches remaining. Slip the stitches on the bottom of the foot onto one needle, and graft them together using the kitchener stitch.

Definitions

K2tog: knit two stitches together as one
P2tog: Purl two stitches together as one
SSK: slip two stitches, one at a time, from the left needle to the right needle. Put the left needle into these two slipped stitches in front of the right needle, and knit the two together.