Aaaaaand here they are, in all their glory:
These socks comprise many of my favorite sock-knitting techniques to date. I prefer techniques that work well and are easy to memorize, so for those of you who want to know the nuts & bolts, here’s a brief recap:
Tess’ Best Toe-up Socks recipe
Judy’s excellent-(but-not-magical) CO: 20 sts.
(M1, YO) inc to 60 sts.
Textured ribbing patt on instep: 8 reps. Here’s a chart:
Short row heel: I’ve tried Priscilla Gibson-Roberts’ version and I’ve tried Knitty’s version, but I still haven’t found what I consider to be a fabulously GREAT one. I’m working on it. Anyone have any suggestions?
Textured ribbing patt on cuff: 11 reps.
BO: P2tog tbl.
More details, including yarn used and where I picked up some of the techniques, are available on the first post.
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#1 by Judith Helms on 11/24/2009 - 8:53 PM
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Tess: Another way that I have found to construct a toe up sock, is to make a mini toe cap which I begin on a waste yarn chain; work 4 short rows (double wrapped on pick up), then pick up the live sts off the beginning chain and inc (YO)every other row only on the little toe side, till I get to the width I need. This forms a right/ left fitted sock, which helps prevent the Big toe from poking into the front curve and eventually forming a hole..
I determine the number of sts to be CO by measuring the distance across the top portion of the big toe and the second and third toe. Mine measure 2 1/2. " My gauge was 9 sts per inch. My CO sts were 25. My chain of waste consisted of 25 + 10 = 35. I use the extra parts of the chain to hang on to. I also pick up one extra st as an anchor, it is disgarded when I pick up the live sts.
This is just another toe treatment, but fits the foot like a glove.
#2 by TessM on 11/24/2009 - 9:20 PM
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Judy: I personally don’t like left/right socks because the wear pattern on the foot ends up being the same every time they are worn, essentially halving the life of the socks. But, to each their own! Usually, shaped toe caps such as you describe have the increases *every* round on the “little toe” side — not every other round — to make up for the loss of the increases on the “big toe” side; otherwise you end up with a skinny pointy toe cap that is twice as long as usual. But if the
glovesock fits…!