So welcome to my little sock knit-a-long, Version 2.0. If you weren’t around for the first one, here are the links to the posts involved. This one was done without a pattern and from the cuff down. Don’t be afraif though, you’re taken through all the steps necessary to make yourself a pair of socks that are guaranteed to fit you like a glove, he he, even if you’ve never made a pair before in your life!
Sock It To ‘em http://wp.me/pNDS0-fD
Dr. Sock to the OR http://wp.me/pNDS0-fQ
Which Foot First? http://wp.me/pNDS0-fW
Getting a Leg UP http://wp.me/pNDS0-gd
It’s Okay to be a Heel http://wp.me/pNDS0-gi
Heel of a Job http://wp.me/pNDS0-hb
The no Guess Gusset http://wp.me/pNDS0-hY
The Sole of the Matter http://wp.me/pNDS0-ic
The Last Step http://wp.me/pNDS0-in
Awww, Socks http://wp.me/pNDS0-iO
This time around we’re going to do things a little differently. First of all, and most importantly, we’re going to start from the toes and work our way up to the cuff! This will allow you a little more flexibility in your design and you’ll get to decide on the length later, rather than sooner. This way if you don’t have enough yarn for full length socks, you can make ankle length ones.
We’re also going to show you another heel option – the Afterthought heel – which will increase your repertoire and give you some more options as well. Some people think this heel is also more comfortable – you can decide later.
Since you’re starting from the toes, you can customize the shape of the toes (make a true left and right foot sock) and also incorporate any pattern into the sock that you’d like.
With the first socks we used Jeny’s stretchy cast on to ensure a very elastic cuff edge. This time we’re going to show you an equally stretchy bind off to give that same elasticity to the cuff edge again!
I think those are the major changes for this round. To get started for the cast on, you’re going to need your yarn of choice and needles to match. I’ll go over different needles and techniques to use in the first post – circular, 2 circulars, and double pointed. All work and your choice is entirely up to you depending on preference. Do a swatch to find your gauge in the size of needle that you like the best. It doesn’t matter what the yarn ball says,we’re going to make up the pattern as we go along depending on your gauge.
I’ll give you a couple of days to get this together and do you swatch.
Hugzzz 😎