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Socks help
I've knitted the first sock of a pair, for a gift, and the friend
concerned loves it, but can;t get it on. It seems to be just that my cast on edge is too tight. Is there any way I can fix this, or should I just have used a different cast on method or a different pattern? The pattern I used is http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/soxcomfr.shtml and the cast-on method the two-needles one (except with more needles, obviously; the one where you stick your right needle in a loop, and put the yarn between the two needles, then pull it out to make a loop. I'm pretty sure she'll be happy if I don't fix it, because it's pretty and I made it for her (we're soppy people like that), and I've a pattern I think will work better, I was just wondering whether I could fix it. Kirsten -- Kirsten Procter ghoti Current projects; full-length dress with matching jacket, child's jumper presents |
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I generally use a long-tail cast-on over two needles. Knitting on is
essentially the same as crocheting a chain; crochet is NOT flexible, which is why your cast-on has no stretch. You can snip the yarn a row or two below the cast-on edge then knit up half an inch and use an I-cord bind-off, which should be more stretchy. On 24 Oct 2003 16:30:20 +0100 (BST), Kirsten Procter wrote: I've knitted the first sock of a pair, for a gift, and the friend concerned loves it, but can;t get it on. It seems to be just that my cast on edge is too tight. Is there any way I can fix this, or should I just have used a different cast on method or a different pattern? The pattern I used is http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/soxcomfr.shtml and the cast-on method the two-needles one (except with more needles, obviously; the one where you stick your right needle in a loop, and put the yarn between the two needles, then pull it out to make a loop. I'm pretty sure she'll be happy if I don't fix it, because it's pretty and I made it for her (we're soppy people like that), and I've a pattern I think will work better, I was just wondering whether I could fix it. Kirsten |
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Maybe try casting on with larger needles, like maybe a size or two larger?
Also, I think the tubular cast-on has a little more give to it -- that's what I used with the ribbed edge of a hat that I made. "Kirsten Procter" wrote in message ... I've knitted the first sock of a pair, for a gift, and the friend concerned loves it, but can;t get it on. It seems to be just that my cast on edge is too tight. Is there any way I can fix this, or should I just have used a different cast on method or a different pattern? The pattern I used is http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/soxcomfr.shtml and the cast-on method the two-needles one (except with more needles, obviously; the one where you stick your right needle in a loop, and put the yarn between the two needles, then pull it out to make a loop. I'm pretty sure she'll be happy if I don't fix it, because it's pretty and I made it for her (we're soppy people like that), and I've a pattern I think will work better, I was just wondering whether I could fix it. Kirsten -- Kirsten Procter ghoti Current projects; full-length dress with matching jacket, child's jumper presents |
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It is possible to find your end and laboriously unpick the cast on, one
stitch at a time, rather like unpicking sewing. You'll be pulling the yarn through each time, very different from unraveling from the other end. Then I would suggest doing a very loose back stitch through the open stitches, or if they're in 1/1 rib doing a very loose approximation of kitchener grafting as if the knits and purls were two layers of knit. Key word is loose, of course. In future I'd do a different cast-on. I do the so-called invisible cast on, which is basically half-hitches, but knitting-on or cable cast-on work well, too. If you want really a loose edge and it's 1/1 rib, just unpick the cast-on completely, then trim and bury the tail. Believe it or knot, 1/1 rib will not ravel in that direction. This is only true of 1/1 rib, though. | On 24 Oct 2003 16:30:20 +0100 (BST), Kirsten Procter wrote: I've knitted the first sock of a pair, for a gift, and the friend concerned loves it, but can;t get it on. It seems to be just that my cast on edge is too tight. Is there any way I can fix this, or should I just have used a different cast on method or a different pattern? The pattern I used is http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/soxcomfr.shtml and the cast-on method the two-needles one (except with more needles, obviously; the one where you stick your right needle in a loop, and put the yarn between the two needles, then pull it out to make a loop. I'm pretty sure she'll be happy if I don't fix it, because it's pretty and I made it for her (we're soppy people like that), and I've a pattern I think will work better, I was just wondering whether I could fix it. Kirsten Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist in Fairland, MD USA http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/ |
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Kirsten Procter wrote:
I've knitted the first sock of a pair, for a gift, and the friend concerned loves it, but can;t get it on. It seems to be just that my cast on edge is too tight. Is there any way I can fix this, or should I just have used a different cast on method or a different pattern? The pattern I used is http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/soxcomfr.shtml and the cast-on method the two-needles one (except with more needles, obviously; the one where you stick your right needle in a loop, and put the yarn between the two needles, then pull it out to make a loop. I'm pretty sure she'll be happy if I don't fix it, because it's pretty and I made it for her (we're soppy people like that), and I've a pattern I think will work better, I was just wondering whether I could fix it. Kirsten That's the cast-on method I use for socks, and while it seems tight, I find giving it a firm pull stretches it nicely. Have you already tried that? |
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In article , spampot wrote:
That's the cast-on method I use for socks, and while it seems tight, I find giving it a firm pull stretches it nicely. Have you already tried that? I hadn't tried that. I have now, and it fits me, but not my friend So, I'll try a different pattern, I think. thankyou, Kirsten |
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Kirsten wrote:
I hadn't tried that. I have now, and it fits me, but not my friend So, I'll try a different pattern, I think. Kirsten Sorry this reply is rather delayed. When i found that i didn't like the rib at the top of my sock i snipped a bit off and reknited up and then used EZ's casting on cast off - it's a sewn cast off where you use a blunt needle and go through the first 2 stitches from R to L, go back through the 1st st from left to right, pull the wook through and slip the st off the needle. Then go through the next 2 sts and so on. (p. 184 Knitting Around). The result was very stretchy Regards Sarah |
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