[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting sock Cindy

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Cindy,
 
Now from the description of your foot, you might like the sock pattern I  
created.  I believe I casted on 15 stitches and then knit back and forth in  
a garter stitch to create a rectangle.  Depending on what type of yarn you  
use and the size of the needles this can vary in size a bit.  I usually  
used size 3 needles and I worked it so it would fit the long side from the  
middle of my big toe to the middle of my little toe.  Now with a 12 inche  
circular needle when I got the rectangle the size I wanted it, I would work  
around the outside of the edge of the rectangle and pick up and knit as I 
picked  up around the edge.  I would work like 2 or 3 stitches in the corner of 
the  rectangle placing something like a total of 64 stitches or something   
divisible  by 4 stitches.  Now I have done this several ways, but  the easy 
way is just keep knitting around on these 64 stitches until it fits  past 
your heel and end it off with a ribbing of knit 2, purl 2 for a few inches  
or if you want a fold down cuff do it longer.  No heel.  Actually, I  love 
doing it this way when I use a little heavier weight yarn, like the sport  
weight.  The garter stitch in the toe makes it feel a little padded and you  
just created a tube sock.  No heel, no kitchener stitching and with the  fancy 
sock yarn they have all the pattern work or stripes are done by  themselves.

 
 
Joyce  Kane
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