[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting sock Cindy

Mon Aug 30 02:10:49 UTC 2010

I think that we're all just dreaming out loud for now. We all want to take a 
sock class, but no one has said they'd teach it! <SMILE>

Eileen

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From: "slery" <slerythema at insightbb.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 9:47 PM
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting sock Cindy

> 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'"
>> > <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
>> >>
>> >> ~ @-> ~ <-@ ~
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----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
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