[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting sock Cindy

[Dixie]

I will sign up when you teach this class!

Smile.

Dixie

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From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of slery
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 11:06 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting sock Cindy

I may have to try this since I don't like a seam on my toes. Currently, I do
a modified figure eight cast-on. It is a little bit of a pain to knit the
first row to make sure that you don't accidentally lose any of the end
stitches. I start with 48 stitches and increase on both sides for a few rows
and then switch to just increasing on the side by my little toes. This works
out for me because I am one of those rather anal people about having a sock
for the right foot and one for the left. I use the wizpegs to keep them
together in the laundry so they are always matched as a pair. Even when I
did laundry by sight, each pair had a right and left because they would
stretch out more on one side and leave the inside toe pointed.

Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Blindhands at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:51 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting sock Cindy
> 
> 
> 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
> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
> Blindhands at AOL.com 
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