De-mystifying sock knitting
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Cast on stiches and join into the round. Here is a nice tutorial to show you what that looks like
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You want to rib for ~ 1-2 cm for the cuff of the sock. Then you can choose to do knit plain for the leg, or perhaps choose a pattern. For your first sock something simple with repeat (like the minecraft socks here https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/minecraft-socks ) may be nice
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After you have the leg You’re going to go back and forth on about half of the cast on stiches. You’ll want to start with a slipped stich (to help pick up of stiches later) and perhaps will want to slip stiches as a pattern to give the heel flap a bit more strength. I’ll show some variations of this in the workshop.
There’s a nice tutorial on this here
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Here' your effectively turning the corner to finish up the heel. We’ll go through this in the workshops but there’s a nice tutorial about it here:
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Now you’re going to pick up stiches and rejoin to in the round knitting for the rest of the sock. You’ll want to pick up stiches along each edge of the heel flap, there’s a nice demonstration of this here:
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As you progress each round you’ll want to decrease stiches either side of the sock instep. Depending on your pattern you’ll probably do this every other row - there’s some nice instructions for this in this pattern https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/circle-socks
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Keep knitting until you have it the right length of your foot (or for the lucky person you are knitting it for!)
When to stop? When the length reaches the middle of your little toe! https://nimble-needles.com/tutorials/when-to-start-the-toe-decreases/
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There’s a number of ways you can decrease for the toes of your sock, and this blog post has a nice description of some of them https://www.abeeinthebonnet.com/blog/a-field-guide-to-my-favorite-knit-sock-toes/
I like the good ‘ol wedge toe, is a nice easy one to start with!
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Best to cast on soon after you’ve finished the first - otherwise ‘sock syndrome’ may hit!
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Do let me know how you get on, either though the contact here - or via Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/people/DomesticScience)