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 very elastic edge. It was developed by Jeny Staiman and just like the title says, is surprisingly stretchy – an imperative when casting off sock cuffs! Jeny has a great blog that is linked to her name – you should check it out! Again, rather than describing it to you, I have a video of Cat Bordhi demonstrating the technique. Watch this to the end, because at the end of it she shows a little trick that I first saw in Lucy Neatby video, that I have been doing for years now! You’ll use it every time you cast off in the future! This is the reason I used Cat’s version, than Jeny’s, but you can find her’s on YouTube as well. Here’s the video …
There you have it! Did you like the little trick at the end? Thought you would. Isn’t it amazing how the simplest things are usually the ones we discover last? Okay, so now you know how to cast off your cuffs, so go ahead and do that. After that, you’ll want to put in two lifelines above and below the row of stitches that are marking the place for our heels. Yes, they’re an afterthought, but we didn’t forget about them. Here’s what your lifelines should look like.
Follow along the row of contrast yarn above and below with a darning needle and slip the contrast yarn through each stitch.
The finished product.
When you’re finished, put the socks down for a bit and go and enjoy some of the Olympics. We’ll be back in a day or two to show you how to add the heel! Almost done, are you excited?
Hugzzz 😎