But it's a doozy of a sock.  This picture may not look like much, but trust me on this.  (Plus, there are better pictures further down.)

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Table of contents for Sock Design 101

1. Sock Design 101: Part 1
2. Sock Design 101: Part 2
3. Sock Design 101: Part 3
4. Sock Design 101: Part 4
5. Sock Design 101: Part 5
6. Sock Design 101: Part 6

Hey, we made it!  This is the final post in the toe-up sock design series.  And since it is the final one, naturally we are going to talk about binding off.

Continue reading "Sock Design 101: Part 6"

Table of contents for Sock Design 101

1. Sock Design 101: Part 1
2. Sock Design 101: Part 2
3. Sock Design 101: Part 3
4. Sock Design 101: Part 4
5. Sock Design 101: Part 5
6. Sock Design 101: Part 6

Before we finish off the sock design series, we have to talk about ribbing.

Ribbing is actually a fairly important design consideration.  Ribbing at the top edge is what keeps a sock up if it is made of a less-stretchy stitch pattern, such as plain stockinette.  And no one is going to wear a pair of socks that keeps falling down all the time.

Continue reading "Sock Design 101: Part 5"

Table of contents for Sock Design 101

1. Sock Design 101: Part 1
2. Sock Design 101: Part 2
3. Sock Design 101: Part 3
4. Sock Design 101: Part 4
5. Sock Design 101: Part 5
6. Sock Design 101: Part 6

OK, I admit I got a little off track, and sort of forgot I had this sock design series going.  Apologies to both of you who have been sitting on the edge of your computer chairs, waiting breathlessly for the next post in the series.

Continue reading "Sock Design 101: Part 4"

Table of contents for Sock Design 101

1. Sock Design 101: Part 1
2. Sock Design 101: Part 2
3. Sock Design 101: Part 3
4. Sock Design 101: Part 4
5. Sock Design 101: Part 5
6. Sock Design 101: Part 6

Oh, hi. You got that basketweave sock done all the way to the heel then?  Not quite?  OK, good, we’ll "pick up" where we left off.  (ha, ha, little knitting humor there.  Very little.)

Continue reading "Sock Design 101: Part 3"

Well, life has been happening with a vengeance around our house the past few days.  So you’ll have to forgive me for just throwing out a couple of updates here.

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Table of contents for Sock Design 101

1. Sock Design 101: Part 1
2. Sock Design 101: Part 2
3. Sock Design 101: Part 3
4. Sock Design 101: Part 4
5. Sock Design 101: Part 5
6. Sock Design 101: Part 6

(This is the second in a series of posts discussing the process of designing DH’s basketweave socks.)

We left off Part 1 with a completed toe, and have discovered that in order to have a sock foot that is about 7" circumference, we have ended up with 64 sts total for the foot of the sock.

Continue reading "Sock Design 101: Part 2"

Table of contents for Sock Design 101

1. Sock Design 101: Part 1
2. Sock Design 101: Part 2
3. Sock Design 101: Part 3
4. Sock Design 101: Part 4
5. Sock Design 101: Part 5
6. Sock Design 101: Part 6

Oh, happy day!  DH has another pair of handknit socks, and I have one less UFO.  (Believe it or not, I’m down to just SIX UFO’s.  My advice is to keep an eye out for plagues of locusts.)

Continue reading "Sock Design 101: Part 1"

I said you wouldn’t get bored halfway through, now didn’t I?

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