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Socks
As already suggested, you need to add an
additional yarn/thread into the heels and toes. Yarn shops can advice on the best material for this. I have used dental floss! Can't really say whether it was a good idea however. For all the time it takes to knit socks, use only the best quality yarn, preferrably wool. |
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:31:35 GMT, joy beeson
wrote: On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:11:56 GMT, (NightMist) wrote: Go to the library and find "The Encyclopedia of Needlecraft" by Therese de Dillmont. Or over to the shelf . . . I'd seen Dillmont's "stepped heel" before, but never paid any attention to it. I really must get the current pair of socks off my needles! I like the stepped heel. IMO it works more easily and wears better than a standard. I just finished another muffler for one of the daughters, lace insert fig 441, with lace with corner fig 442. Looks very well, and knitting it with worsted and size 8 needles made for a warm and well sized scarf. Now I have to go back and face the kimono sleeve that has been giving me fits. The left sleeve came out beautifully, the right just does not want to cooperate. I hate when patterns I have done a several times before do that to me. :/ Hopefully the knitting break will have cleared my brain. NightMist -- The wolf that understands fire has much to eat. |
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Dear Jack,
I use a traditional pattern for all of my socks. It calls for the heel flap to be knitted with a slip, knit, across the row, purl the next row, repeat. You end up knitting, slipping more rows to complete the heel, but it comes out thicker than the rest of the sock. The suggestion by many to include a poly thread with the yarn is a great idea--I'm going to try it with my next pair. Teri |
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