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ANOTHER SIDEWAYS SOCK VERSION (no sock photo available)
SUBMITTED BY: HOLLIS BISCHOFF

Cast on loosely 140 (155) stitches. Leave a long yarn tail to use for mattress stitching the piece together.

Row 1: (WS) Gs 30 for cuff, pm, St 40 for leg, pm, Gs 28 for heel, pm, St 42 (57)
Row 2: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 28, St 40, Gs 30.
Repeat these 2 rows until you have worked 7 rows, end row 1.

Begin heel shaping:
Row 8: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 12, k2tog, k2tbl, Gs 12, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 9: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 26, St 42.
Row 10: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 11, k2tog, k2tbl, Gs 11, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 11: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 24, St 42.
Row 12: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 10, k2tog, k2tbl, Gs 10, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 13: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 22, St 42.
Row 14: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 9, k2tog, k2tbl, Gs 9, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 15: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 20, St 42.
Row 16: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 8, k2tog, k2tbl, Gs 8, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 17: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 18, St 42.
Row 18: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 7, k2tog, k2tbl, Gs 7, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 19: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 16, St 42.
Row 20: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 6, k2tog, k2tbl, Gs 6, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 21: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 14, St 42.
Row 22 – 49: Continue in pattern as follows:
RS rows: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 14, St 40, Gs 30.
WS Rows: Gs 30, St 40, Gs 14, St 42.

Continue heel shaping:
Row 50: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 6, kfb, Gs2, kfb, Gs6, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 51: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 16, St 42.
Row 52: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 7, kfb, Gs2, kfb, Gs7, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 53: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 18, St 42.
Row 54: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 8, kfb, Gs2, kfb, Gs 8, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 55: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 20, St 42.
Row 56: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 9, kfb, Gs2, kfb, Gs 9, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 57: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 22, St 42.
Row 58: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 10, kfb, Gs2, kfb, Gs 10, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 59: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 24, St 42.
Row 60: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 11, kfb, Gs2, kfb, Gs 11, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 61: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 26, St 42.
Row 62: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 12, kfb, Gs2, kfb, Gs 12, St 40, Gs 30.
Row 63: (WS) Gs 30, St 40, Gs 28, St 42.
Then work even as follows starting with Row 2:
Row 1: (WS) Gs 30 for cuff, pm, St 40 for leg, pm, Gs 28 for heel, pm, St 42 (57).
Row 2: (RS) St 42 (57), Gs 28, St 40, Gs 30.
Repeat these 2 rows until you have worked 8 rows, end row 1.

Leave all stitches on the needle. Do not cut yarn as you will use it to knit up the toe later.
Close the backseam with cast-on yarntail using mattress stitch.
Shape toe using dpn or 2 circular needles. Pick up and knit 64 sts at toe end of the sock. Purl 1 row.
Continue as follows in garter stitch (knit 1 row, purl next row):
Work 15 sts, SSK2, work 29, SSK2, work 14.
Repeat decrease 6x in every 2nd row and 7x in every row until 8 sts left on needle.
Use the Kitchener stitch to close the toe.

Alternate version submitted by Hollis Bischoff" - 2007
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