Hello!
I’m knitting a pair of fantastic socks from a pattern found on a knitting blog, and the instructions have been a bit haphazard throughout. I’ve managed to make due, but now that I am on the gusset of the sock, I have reached an impasse.
The instructions are as follows (these are the directions directly after the heel flap):
Each round now starts at the beginning of the “back” needle. Knit one full round from back to front.
In the next round:
- K1, SSK, knit until there are only 3 stitches left on the “back” needle, then K2tog and K1.
- Knit across the front of the sock.
- Knit across the back of the sock
- Knit across the front of the sock.
Repeat from #1 until you’re down to the number of stitches you prefper for the foot of your socks. For me, that’s about 60-64 stitches, depending on the yarn and needle size.
The problem is that I’m knitting on a circular needle, so I don’t know when the stitches on the “back” needle end for step one. Also, do these four steps mean that I am only doing decreases on every OTHER round? Does this pattern mean that there will only be a seam-like stitch (decreases) on one side of the sock? I am so confused!
Thx! kp