[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting sock Cindy

[Nancy Yeager]

Make it four.

I knit and lose interest in long projects.  Have been wanting to learn how
to make socks.

Nancy Yeager
  

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen Scrivani
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 9:00 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting sock Cindy

Make that 3 people interested ... I'm also up for any sock knitting class
that is offered.

Eileen

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From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 8:52 AM
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting sock Cindy

> I will sign up when you teach this class!
>
> Smile.
>
> Dixie
>
> ~ @-> ~ <-@ ~
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
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> 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/) 
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