Toe Up Jaywalker Pattern
Since there now seem to be a handful of people doing the Jaywalker pattern toe-up, I am going to summarize the basic method for knitting them with the “you’re putting me on” heel and a short row toe. Please note, I am writing this from the point of view of knitting on two circulars or magic loop. If you knit on DPN’s, the “you’re putting me on” instructions talk about what happens on which needle.
Pattern is now updated for all 4 sizes!
References:
Jaywalker pattern - please note, Magnits is no longer available, but the pattern is currently available as a direct download on Ravelry
Jaywalker in extended sizes
Judy Gibson’s “You’re putting me on” heels
Toe
Using your prefered provisional method, cast on 32 (36, 38, 42) st. Using your prefered short-row method, short row down to 10 (10, 12, 12) stitches, and back up to 32 (36, 38, 42). Pick up your provisional cast on. Don’t forget to pick up a stitch at one of the sides to make up for the fact that you lose a stitch with the provisional cast on.
Foot
Set-up rows for foot: (Two original sizes)
Row 1: Knit plain all around.
Row 2: Knit plain on sole side, k-f/b, knit 30 (34), k-f/b on instep side
Row 3: Knit plain all around
Row 4: Knit plain on sole side, [k-f/b, knit 15 (17), k-f/b] twice on instep side
Set-up rows for foot: (Two larger sizes)
Row 1: Knit plain all around.
Row 2: Knit plain on sole side, [k-f/b, knit 17 (19), k-f/b] twice on instep side
Row 3: Knit plain all around
Row 4: Knit plain on sole side, [k-f/b, knit 19 (21), k-f/b] twice on instep side
You will now have 32 (36, 38, 42) stitches on the sole side needle, and 38 (42, 46, 50) on the instep needle. Begin knitting in pattern as written in the original pattern. Please see the “heel gussets” section of the original pattern for description of slipping the edge stitches on the sole needle.
Continue knitting until you are ready to begin your gusset increases. I wear a 7.5 shoe, and for me this is usually at 4.5 - 5 inches.
Gusset
For the next 4 (4, 5, 5) pattern repeats, on every other row, increase one at both sides of the sole. (You will have completed 8 (8, 10, 10) total rows, and will now have 40 (44, 48, 52) stitches on the sole) On the last plain round, put markers in your knitting one stitch in from either side, so you will have 38 (42, 46, 50) stitches in that middle section.
Continue working your gusset increases every other row until you have 16 (18, 19, 21) stitches on each side outside of your markers. (you will have a total of 70 (78, 84, 92) stitches on the sole side of your sock.)
If you usually knit a longer or shorter heel flap when you knit cuff-down socks, then adjust your gusset the same way.
Heel Extension
This is equivalent to the “heel turn” on a cuff-down sock.
Also please note that if you are knitting your socks two-at-a time, you will have to complete one entire heel, then the other.
On the sole side of the foot, knit to the first marker. For this section, we will only be knitting between the two markers.
Row 1: SSK, knit to marker, turn.
Row 2: P2tog, purl to marker, turn.
Repeat these two rows, until you have about 8 (10, 10, 12) stitches remaining The right side should be facing.
Heel Flap
Slip the first stitch, knit across, then pick up 15 (16, 18, 19) stitches down the edge of your heel extension. Turn. Slip the first stitch, purl across, then pick up 15 (16, 18, 19) stitches down the other side of your heel extension. Turn. You now have 38 (42, 46, 50) stitches between your needles again.
Row 1: Slip the first stitch, (Knit 1, Slip 1) to one stich before the next marker. SSK the following stitch and the first stitch after the marker. Replace the marker after the just completed stitch. Turn.
Row 2: Slip the first stitch, purl to one stich before the next marker. P2tog the following stitch and the first stitch after the marker. Replace the marker after the just completed stitch. Turn.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until you have used all of your gusset stitches. You will be left with 38 (42, 46, 50) stitches on your needle. (After the first few rows, the edges of the heel flap are obvious, and you can get rid of the markers entirely.)
Leg
Resume knitting circularly, continuing the pattern on the front of the sock. On the next pattern row, begin the pattern on the back of the sock as well.
Knit leg to desired length, then finish with 1 inch of 2×2 ribbing
December 3rd, 2005 at 10:00 am
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the toe up heel flap!
December 5th, 2005 at 2:28 am
I’ve just completed the heel and it looks great. Thank you!
December 9th, 2005 at 4:23 am
Thank you so much!!! I just love the Magic Loop and had been putting off Jaywalker because they were not written for it! Now I don’t have to…..now I must wait until I finish my Christmas knitting. But I do have some Trekking in the stash and will cast on as soon as the above mentioned gift knitting is finished! Thanks again!!!
January 7th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
Hi Natalia, thank you for providing these instructions! They are so helpful. I have a question, though. When I am knitting the gusset increases, am I supposed to continue working the instep side? At what point do I start knitting back and forth as I would for a heel flap? Thanks! My email is knitterlaura at yahoo dot com.
January 10th, 2006 at 8:39 pm
Thanks so much for this!
February 6th, 2006 at 10:50 am
THANK YOU!! this was wonderful. I am making my first pair of toe ups right now, my first magic loop (one circ), first time doing two-at-once. I have been oohing & ahhing over these & am very excited! THANK YOU AGAIN!!
May 15th, 2006 at 6:40 pm
do you have any pictures of finished toe up socks?
i am almost finished my first pair, just wanted to see whate everyone else’s looked like.
June 15th, 2006 at 8:53 am
Thanks for the short row toe directions. I hadn’t run across that before and I look forward to trying it. Naturally I have plenty of sock yarn in my stash to choose from. BTW,I used to jaywalk regularly in Cambridge, but I live in Florida now and drivers equate pedestrians with road kill.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:11 pm
[...] Jaywalkers. Just because I haven’t done it yet. May do it toe up, following Natalia’s directions. [...]
July 11th, 2006 at 7:46 am
Thanks for re-writing the pattern. I just took a toe-up socks knitting class, and love this pattern.
July 19th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
[...] But, I keep thinking of the Jaywalkers… For some reason, they fascinate me. I’m more interested in toe-up socks because I like them tall (using up all the yarn is a good thing!), so the toe-up version at Natalia Knits would be fun to try.. I haven’t looked closely at the heel in the pattern, but I’ve got Denise’s bookmarked just in case. I think I’ll go decide which color of the Lorna’s Laces I’ve got sitting around that I’ll use and start them! [...]
July 21st, 2006 at 11:09 pm
[...] No middles, just ends! My Toe-Up Jaywalkers are coming along great! Much better with the larger needle. I’m getting 13 rows to the inch, so.. the gusset says to increase 2 every other row from 70 to 108, that’s 38 rows; the heel turn decreases from 38 to 10 1 st/row so that’s 28 rows.. 28+38=66 66/13=~5.. Do I need to stop knitting 5″ before the end of the heel? My foot is 9+ inches, so I don’t think so.. I must be putting too much into this. According to this chart, my 7.5-8 sized foot should be ~9.75″.. But, in the pattern, Natalia states that she wears a 7.5 shoe (her feet are probably just smaller than mine) and knits to 4.5-5″. So, am I just over measuring/estimating? Because this is where I got stumped the last time. It seemed that if I knit to 5″ they were too short, but going to 5/5″ made them way too long! I’m so confused! I guess I’ll knit to 5″, then on one sock make the gusset and turn the heel… If it still likes me at that point, I’ll do the same on the other sock, if not I’ll rip and try a longer foot on the other sock whilst I let that yarn rest. [...]
August 19th, 2006 at 1:51 pm
[...] Judy Gibson has a nice chart to help me.. The Toe-Up Jays are 70 st around (38 top, 32 bottom), so I could go with the 64 or 68 to make sense of this. She says to knit the foot to the join which should be ~3.5″ less than total foot length. She suggests only increasing for the gusset 10 times altogether (not 19 times). From Natalia’s pattern: “Continue working your gusset increases every other row until you have 16 (18, 19, 21) stitches on each side outside of your markers. (you will have a total of 70 (78, 84, 92) stitches on the sole side of your sock.)” For my 70st (lopsided) socks, I should get to ~90-94 st after gusset increases according to Judy Gibson. And the heel should be worked across 20 st down to 8… “On the last plain round, put markers in your knitting one stitch in from either side, so you will have 38 (42, 46, 50) stitches in that middle section… For this section (Heel Extension), we will only be knitting between the two markers.” [...]
September 19th, 2006 at 8:03 am
[...] I’m working on a pair of toe up jaywalkers, and have been less than thrilled. I’m grateful to Natalia for taking the time to translate the pattern into the toe up variety, since I’m working with stash yarn without a ball band, but I’m not sure that the fit on these socks is going to be wonderful. [...]
September 19th, 2006 at 9:36 am
[...] Well, these socks belong in the jungle but since I am not a season ticket holder they probably won’t get to a Bengals game. Since they are playing so well, tickets are hard to come by. I really like how they turned out. I think the Jaywalker pattern looks really good with Opal Tiger. I made the smallest size but made them toe up following these instructions , but did my own short row heel. I also usually knit my socks two at a time on the magic loop, but did these one at a time. The advantage is that one at a time seems to go faster, and is easier to knit the heel if you only have one sock on the needle. But I think my gauge tighted up a little on the second sock. It seems a little snugger than the other. [...]
November 12th, 2006 at 2:48 pm
[...] Pattern: Toe-up Jaywalkers. [...]
January 14th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
[...] So I found a link to a toe-up Jaywalker sock and i got a bit excited. Â and inspired. Â Â I found some Regia Surf in my stash and got doubly inspiried. [...]
February 22nd, 2007 at 8:51 am
[...] Reason why I should have done a Gauge Swatch February 22, 2007 Filed under: Socks, Current Projects, Knitting — bobble @ 7:49 am I have gotten rather lazy. Not only have I taken to knitting in bed for 2 hours at night before I go to bed, but I don’t do gauge swatches. I don’t normally do a gauge swatch before I start a project since I tend to knit right on gauge. I suppose it is payback time. I started working on a pair of toe-up Jaywakers using the Magic Loop Technique over a week ago using some beautiful yarn by Yarn Pirate. Using size 0 needles, this is the tiniest yarn I have ever used. I was able to get as far as finishing the ankle when I realized, I could barely squeeze my foot into the sock. Just as well, I had a ton of mistakes. [...]
February 27th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
[...] I opted for the toe-up modification posted here [...]
March 1st, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Thanks Natalia for converting the pattern to toe-up!
fullofstitches, I wish I had taken the time to figure out the number of rows needed for the gusset/heel extension *before* starting on the gusset… As is, my socks are going to be 2″ too long on my 9″ feet!
April 6th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
[...] Pattern: Jaywalkers, by Grumperina. I used this toe up variation and winged it to account for the sport weight gauge. [...]
April 24th, 2007 at 9:27 am
[...] Socks for the sister Filed under: Amber Knits — Amber @ 8:14 am Jaywalker toe up pattern [...]
April 27th, 2007 at 7:33 am
[...] I guess I have been pretty quite this week but that doesn’t mean I have been lazy. In fact, I have been really busy knitting lots of things!!! First, I’ve started on my second pair of socks and I’ve decided on the jaywalker toe up pattern, as Yin, Ann and I are having our little own KAL. So far, I’ve just finished the short row heel and am knitting the leg part. The yarn that I’m using is the Fortissima Socka Disco Sock Yarn that was given to me by Tonni. I love the colours!! Don’t you think it’s very suitable for this pattern? [...]
May 9th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
[...] i’ve just started the gusset increases. i converted the pattern to toe up with some help from the Natalia Knits version. i used the toe from the Knee High to a Grasshopper pattern. i had wanted to use that heel too, but this is my first time converting a pattern and it wasn’t working for me… so i used the heel from the You’re Putting Me On socks. i’m also planning on giving them a picot edging. [...]
May 20th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
[...] Anyway, I found a lovely toe-up cast on technique in The Knitting Answer Book and added that to the basic “formula” for toe-ups in the socks in the summer issue of IK and added that to the instructions for Jaywalkers and I am having a quite a fun time. (I know that some lovely instructions exist for toe-up jaywalkers, but this way I am learning more about basic construction, something that I’ve been wanting to do. And I get to work some new-to-me stitches and create an interesting pattern, woo-hoo! [...]
June 22nd, 2007 at 1:08 am
2 of 5…
Pattern: Jaywalker. But no, I couldn’t stop there, I had to get all difficult, and do the toe-up version, and in a size that wasn’t part of the original pattern. Yarn: Regia Schatten color 5163 - Jeans. I’ve used Regia sock yarns before, and it’s f…
June 29th, 2007 at 11:57 am
[...] I am currently debating where to start the gusset increases a la toe up Jaywalker, or if I should just go straight to a heel. I do love a gusset. [...]
July 1st, 2007 at 12:50 am
[...] Next, I decided to reknit the Jaywalkers I knit a few months ago. Crazy? Definitely. Necessary? Absolutely! Since one of them turned out wonky, I never wore them. So I frogged them both, reset the yarn (wound it in a loop around my forearm, tied it in a couple of places to avoid knots, gave it a dunk in lukewarm water, wrung it out, then hung it from a hanger in the shower to dry) and started reknitting them on 0’s. Oh, and I’m doing them toe up with a short row heel. They’re quite snug around the foot, which is wonderful. I hate loose socks. But when I’d gotten about 2 inches up the leg, I tried them on and discovered that they’re too tight for comfort around the ankle. I frogged all the way back to the heel and increased to 9 knit stitches and may end up going to 10, depending on how they feel when I get an inch or so into the leg. [...]
August 4th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
[...] Socks in question: monkey socks in Socks That Rock and Toe-up Jaywalkers in Knitpicks Sock Memories. [...]
October 8th, 2007 at 10:51 am
[...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt [...]
October 18th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Hello,
I was wondering if the “Magic Cast on for Toe-up Socks”, as featured in Knitty, would be a suitable substitute for the short-row method. I am an ardent fan of the “Magic Cast on”, but am not sure if Jaywalker stitch pattern, etc. lends itself to that method.
Much obliged!
December 29th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
[...] Knitting with the Dreaded Regia Cotton again. This is something like the fourth time I’ve tried to use this particular ball of yarn. Here’s hoping that it’s the last time, hey? 2 Jaywalkers at once, magic looped, toe-up with heel flap. I’m almost convinced that this yarn is cursed. At least it’s something to do while Robin plays around with Mass Effect. The boys at work were right…game is addictive. I’m enjoying watching the story unfold as I knit away. [...]
December 29th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
[...] Ooooh, yeah. Look at all that fiber-y goodness. In the picture, from left to right, is: A quarter pound of some of the most delicious sea green roving which was a Secret Santa gift from my friend Aryn, who is also a spinner, and has excellent taste; two skeins of “Sock” from ShiBui Knits, in the colourway “Marine”; two skeins of Manos Del Uruguay, in the colourway “Canyon”, which is destined to (possibly) become a “My So-Called Scarf“; and a big fat skein of Lana Grossa “Meilenweit”, in a yummy, springy sort of colourway that I’ll just call “raspberry fudge ripple”. As you can see, it’s already attached to a toe-up Jaywalker: [...]
January 8th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
[...] I guess I have been pretty quite this week but that doesn’t mean I have been lazy. In fact, I have been really busy knitting lots of things!!! :cute: First, I’ve started on my second pair of socks and I’ve decided on the jaywalker toe up pattern, as Yin, Ann and I are having our little own KAL. So far, I’ve just finished the short row heel and am knitting the leg part. The yarn that I’m using is the Fortissima Socka Disco Sock Yarn that was given to me by Tonni. I love the colours!! Don’t you think it’s very suitable for this pattern? :up: [...]
February 17th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
[...] I modified the original pattern to make them toe-up instead of cuff down since I was worried about the amount of yarn that I had. It was good I did that too, because I only had enough yarn to do a 5″ cuff instead of a 6 3/4″ cuff called for by the pattern. I started following this, but then got confused and started following Ann Budd’s tutorial from Summer 2007 Interweave Knits. I also followed this to knit one size up for hubby’s man feet. [...]
February 29th, 2008 at 10:26 am
[...] while the boys were getting their hair cut I started the ribbing on my first Jaywalker (knit toe up so that is more accomplished than it might [...]
March 19th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
[...] circular needle, and got ready to embark on two-at-a-time sock knitting. My pattern of choice? The toe-up version of Grumperina’s famous Jaywalker socks. I had self-striping yarn in my stash — Knit [...]
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
[...] a different pattern and so on until at about six in the morning I had the toes done on a pair of toe up Jaywalkers and a pair of Flutter-by socks that I’m also attempting to do toe [...]
June 21st, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Thank you for writing up the toe-up method for the Jaywalkers pattern. I saw the pattern about 6 months ago but when I tried to find it (by Grumperina) the website was not available. I bought somo new Noro sock yarn and am excited to try it. Incidently, I changed the toe part to a method that is similar to the “Figure 8″ cast on, whick I think is faster than the method used in the pattern. I’m also planning on putting in the heel that looks like the purchased sock heel…diagonal line from the andle to heel. I’ll let you know how it comes out.
August 10th, 2008 at 11:39 am
[...] that happens, that will leave me another week worth of Ravelympic time to do the Toe Up Jaywalkers that I had slated to do during the Ravelympics as well. These would be for [...]
August 20th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
[...] Toe-up Jaywalkers Yarn: Knit Picks Bare that I dyed self-striping with Kool-aid Needles: Knit Picks Fixed Circs size [...]
October 7th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
[...] Toe-up Jaywalker socks - are being difficult. I can’t find a gauge, they’re taking a long time with the tiny needles I chose, so I’ll probably leave them at home. [...]
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Good morning. It was nice to meet you over the holiday. Your sister has been a big help and resource to me. May I publish your sock to mitten recipe on my web site for the feature pattern of the month. I am putting Flat Feet Sock Yarn on sale and thought it would be a good fit. Let me know. Thank you again for visiting My Sister Knits. Julie
January 5th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
[...] having completed barely two inches of the first one), I’m thinking I want to try the toe-up version, so we’ll see how that [...]
February 27th, 2009 at 12:28 am
[...] to do a 5″ cuff instead of a 6 3/4″ cuff called for by the pattern. I started following this, but then got confused and started following Ann Budd’s tutorial from Summer 2007 Interweave [...]
March 8th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
[...] excited about the finished result (Nantucket, for instance). At the moment I am working on the Toe Up Jaywalkers with Cascade Fixation. These are the first socks I have worked on in over a year and a half when Mr [...]
July 14th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
[...] inspirée du modèle JayWalker… je n’arrivais pas à remettre la main sur le modèle jaywalker toe up… Donc j’ai monté ma pointe de chaussette et sur la moitié supérieure du pied, [...]
September 28th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
[...] all began when I started toe up jaywalkers in Scout’s Socktoberfest colorway. Yes, nigh on three years ago. There is nothing quite like [...]