socks

Heels yeah!

[Translate] Hey all, I’m back and we’re about to finish our toe-up sock KAL! All that is left now is to put in the afterthought heel that we left room for before. There’s two very popular methods of putting in the heel, using short rows or just decreasing as you would for a toe. We’re going to look at using the toe decrease, as it’s a little easier. Once you get a little practice using this method you can practice your short rows and try that on the next pair. So you should have 2 socks (1 pair) that […]

The surprisingly stretchy bind-off

[Translate] Hi folks, Sorry for being MIA with the sock KAL. The good thing is that it gave you a few days to catch up and finish each sock to the point where you’re ready to cast off the cuff, right? 😉 So now you have two socks that are finished up to the cuff and you need to cast those off. If you haven’t finished up to the cuff, you should do that before continuing on. There are lots of ways to cast off, but I’m going to show you the one I prefer when I need a […]

Heel yeah!

[Translate] Alright, now we’re getting somewhere! Have you test fitted your sock? If it’s for you,make sure you do. You should be able to pull it over your foot quite easily. It should also come to about where your leg meets the top of your foot. If you’re there, you’re ready to do the heel. If not, knit a few more rounds until you are. Here’s what mine look like … Actually, that’s not my foot and this isn’t for me, but you get the idea. So now it’s heel time! Well, not actually. There are lots of ways […]

The heart and soul of the matter

[Translate] Hi again! How are your socks coming along? I hope you’re making both at the same time – although not on the same needles. This is an excellent opportunity to make two similar socks using different methods as well. So today’s step is a very easy one. You should have two caps that just barely cover the toes by now. Here’s a picture of mine … although, these socks aren’t for me. 🙂 The reason I’m doing one pink and one green is to easily show the differences between the two feet. I’ve opted to go with the […]

Left, right, right, left …

[Translate] Hey, guess what? This blog has been featured on Blog Nation! They have a Facebook page and featured my blog on it. You can go there to have a peek and also like them or even better yet, go to their website Blog Nation, and show this blog some love by giving it a little boost! Here’s the link … Blog Nation and Blog Nation Facebook. And now for our regularly scheduled sock knit-a-long! So I haven’t given you any numbers up until now because I didn’t want to influence your sock at all. Hopefully now you have […]