Slouchy Brioche Socks
This free pattern for Slouchy Brioche Socks is sized to fit most adult women. It uses one 100 gram skein of fingering weight yarn.
Materials
Yarn: 1 Skein Knitpicks Stroll Yarn -or- 400 yards fingering weight yarn
Needles: US 1 (2.25mm) 9” circular, 2 16” or longer circular or DPN needles
Pattern Notes and Abbreviations
K: Knit
P: Purl
K2tog: Knit 2 stitches together
SSK: Slip 2 stitches knitwise, knit them together
P2tog: Purl 2 stitches together
Sm: Slip marker
bk2tog [brioche knit 2 together]: knit next knit stitch together with its paired yarnover
bp2tog [brioche purl 2 together]: purl next purl stitch together with its paired yarnover
YOS [yarn over slip]: Bring yarn to front of work, slip one purlwise, bring yarn over right needle to back of work
Instructions
Cuff
Cast on 64 stitches using long tail cast on. Join in the round, being careful not to twist stitches. Place marker for beginning of round.
Round 1: *k1, p1* repeat to end.
Rounds 2-20: Repeat row 1.
Leg
Set up Round: *YOS, p1, repeat from * to end of round.
Round 1: *Bk2tog, YOS, repeat from * to end of round
Round 2: *YOS, bp2tog, repeat from * to end of round.
Repeat rows 1 and 2 until sock measures 8 inches from cuff, ending with row 2.
Last row of leg: *Bk2tog, p1 repeat from* to end of round.
Heel Flap
Using another circular needle or a DPN, work heel flap over 32 stitches.
Row 1: K3, p26, k3.
Row 2: K3 *Sl 1, k1* to last 3 stitches, k3.
Row 3: repeat row 1.
Row 4: K3 *k1, Sl 1* to last 3 stitches, k3.
Repeat these 4 rows 8 times, for a total of 32 rows.
Heel Turn
Row 1 (with wrong side facing): Sl 1, p16, p2tog, p1, turn
Row 2: sl 1, k3, ssk, k1, turn
Row 3: sl 1, p4, p2tog, p1, turn
Row 4: sl 1, k5, ssk, k1, turn
Row 5: sl 1, p6, p2tog, p1, turn
Row 6: sl 1, k7, ssk, k1, turn
Continue in this manner until all stitches have been knit – there should be 18 heel
stitches left on the needle at this point.
Gusset
Pick up and knit 16 stitches along the heel flap, adding 1 extra stitch between the heel flap and the instep to close the gap.
Place beginning of round marker.
K1, P1 across instep stitches.
Place marker. Pick up and knit 1 extra stitch between instep and heel flap, pick up and knit 16 heel flap stitches.
Knit across heel to beginning of round marker.
Round 1: *k1, p1* to next marker, sm, knit to next marker, SM.
Round 2: *k1, p1* to next marker, sm, k1, ssk, knit to 3 stitches before next marker, k2tog, k1, SM.
Repeat rounds 1 and 2 until there are 32 stitches between each set of markers.
Foot
Repeat round 1 until foot is 7.5 inches from heel (or 2 inches less than total desired length of sock).
Toe
Decrease rounds are knit as follows:
*k1, ssk, k to last 3 sts before marker, k2tog, k1* 2 times
If you are using 9” circular needles, you will need to switch to DPNs or add another circular needle as the stitch count decreases.
Row 1: decrease (60 sts)
Row 2 & 3: knit
Row 4: decrease (56 sts)
Row 5 & 6: knit
Row 7: decrease (52 sts)
Row 8 & 9: knit
Row 10: decrease (48 sts)
Row 11: knit
Row 12: decrease (44 sts)
Row 13: knit
Row 14: decrease (40 sts)
Row 15: knit
Row 16: decrease (36 sts)
Row 17: decrease (32 sts)
Row 18: decrease (28 sts)
Row 19: decrease (24 sts)
Finishing
Cut yarn leaving a 12 inch tail.
Graft live stitches together using Kitchener Stitch.
Weave in ends.
Repeat for other sock.
