[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting sock Cindy

[slery]

I'm a little behind on email. Who is teaching a sock class?

Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Theresa Taylor
> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 9:36 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting sock Cindy
> 
> 
> I would be another person who would love to take the class.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 7:59 AM
> 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
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 8:52 AM
> > To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
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> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting sock Cindy
> >
> >> I will sign up when you teach this class!
> >>
> >> Smile.
> >>
> >> Dixie
> >>
> >> ~ @-> ~ <-@ ~
> >>
> >>
> >> -----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
> >>
> >> 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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