Toe up socks

On 17 Aug 2006 08:56:23 -0700, JCT spun a fine yarn

I noticed that the current Knitty has a toe-up sock formula. Has
anyone tried it? I have only made top down socks and was thinking
about trying this to get a better fit for DH. He loves his new socks
but I think I could improve on the fit.
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/...ersalsock.html

I've done them ALL, cuff down on 5 dpns, cuff down on 4 dpn's, toe up
on 5 dpn's, toe up on 4 dpn's, cuff down on magic loop, toe up on
magic loop, cuff down on 2 circs, toe up on two circs, etc... and my
personal preference is STILL cuff down on 5 dpn's
JM2C,
Noreen


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Cuff down, 2 on one circ!!!!! Only way to go, no second sock syndrome!!!!

Just my overzealous opinion

JJMolvik

"YarnWright" wrote in message
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On 17 Aug 2006 08:56:23 -0700, JCT spun a fine yarn

I noticed that the current Knitty has a toe-up sock formula. Has
anyone tried it? I have only made top down socks and was thinking
about trying this to get a better fit for DH. He loves his new socks
but I think I could improve on the fit.
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/...ersalsock.html

I've done them ALL, cuff down on 5 dpns, cuff down on 4 dpn's, toe up
on 5 dpn's, toe up on 4 dpn's, cuff down on magic loop, toe up on
magic loop, cuff down on 2 circs, toe up on two circs, etc... and my
personal preference is STILL cuff down on 5 dpn's
JM2C,
Noreen


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On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:47:52 -0700, JJMolvik spun a fine yarn

Cuff down, 2 on one circ!!!!! Only way to go, no second sock syndrome!!!!

Just my overzealous opinion

JJMolvik

*overzealous*????
Awww, c'mon, JJ, tell us how you *REALLY* feel, LOL!
Hugs,
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"JJMolvik" wrote in message
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Cuff down, 2 on one circ!!!!! Only way to go, no second sock syndrome!!!!

Just my overzealous opinion

JJMolvik

Hee hee..... cuff down, on 2 sets 4 dpns, alternating each sock. No second
sock syndrome. ;D

Shelagh

In article om,
JCT wrote:
I noticed that the current Knitty has a toe-up sock formula. Has
anyone tried it? I have only made top down socks and was thinking
about trying this to get a better fit for DH. He loves his new socks
but I think I could improve on the fit.
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/...ersalsock.html

I haven't tried Knitty's patterns yet, but I have done a pair of
toe-up socks. I did it because I knew I had a very small amount of
yarn (and I did the toes and heels with a different yarn). I divided
the ball of yarn in half (unroll the whole ball of yarn, match ends,
find the middle, snip there, reroll into two tiny skeins) to be sure
that I used the same amount for each sock.

I kind of liked toe-up but getting started seemed complicated; I want
to try the "magic" toe-up casting on method they linked to. I tested
it with some scrap yarn and it seemed easier than the figure-8 way.

=Tamar

LOL I did that once, JJ. I was *not* impressed! And I nearly lost my soul
for cursing at it. g

Higs,
Katherine

JJMolvik wrote:
Cuff down, 2 on one circ!!!!! Only way to go, no second sock
syndrome!!!!

Just my overzealous opinion

JJMolvik

"YarnWright" wrote in message
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On 17 Aug 2006 08:56:23 -0700, JCT spun a fine yarn

I noticed that the current Knitty has a toe-up sock formula. Has
anyone tried it? I have only made top down socks and was thinking
about trying this to get a better fit for DH. He loves his new
socks but I think I could improve on the fit.
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/...ersalsock.html

I've done them ALL, cuff down on 5 dpns, cuff down on 4 dpn's, toe up
on 5 dpn's, toe up on 4 dpn's, cuff down on magic loop, toe up on
magic loop, cuff down on 2 circs, toe up on two circs, etc... and my
personal preference is STILL cuff down on 5 dpn's
JM2C,
Noreen


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Shillelagh wrote:
"JJMolvik" wrote in message
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Cuff down, 2 on one circ!!!!! Only way to go, no second sock
syndrome!!!!

Just my overzealous opinion

JJMolvik

Hee hee..... cuff down, on 2 sets 4 dpns, alternating each sock. No
second sock syndrome. ;D

I never thought of that! It would work, wouldn't it??? Hmmmmm.....

Higs,
Katherine

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:26:26 -0000, (Richard Eney)
wrote:

In article om,
JCT wrote:
I noticed that the current Knitty has a toe-up sock formula. Has
anyone tried it? I have only made top down socks and was thinking
about trying this to get a better fit for DH. He loves his new socks
but I think I could improve on the fit.
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/...ersalsock.html

I haven't tried Knitty's patterns yet, but I have done a pair of
toe-up socks. I did it because I knew I had a very small amount of
yarn (and I did the toes and heels with a different yarn). I divided
the ball of yarn in half (unroll the whole ball of yarn, match ends,
find the middle, snip there, reroll into two tiny skeins) to be sure
that I used the same amount for each sock.

I kind of liked toe-up but getting started seemed complicated; I want
to try the "magic" toe-up casting on method they linked to. I tested
it with some scrap yarn and it seemed easier than the figure-8 way.

=Tamar
I tried the figure 8 cast-on and couldn't get it to work. I tried one
of the methods on a book and it worked once and never again. The
crochet cast on/short row toe works excellently for me.

Alison

In article ,
Alison wrote:
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:26:26 -0000, (Richard Eney)
wrote:
snip
I kind of liked toe-up but getting started seemed complicated; I want
to try the "magic" toe-up casting on method they linked to. I tested
it with some scrap yarn and it seemed easier than the figure-8 way.

=Tamar
I tried the figure 8 cast-on and couldn't get it to work. I tried one
of the methods on a book and it worked once and never again. The
crochet cast on/short row toe works excellently for me.

I tried that once but I'm always interested in different ways to do
things.

Some time ago (last spring?) there was a Knitty toe-up pattern
that linked to a page with a "magic" cast-on. You wrap the yarn and
the yarn-end alternately around the ends of two needles and the result
made a purl bump between them. You did have to untwist half the
stitches but it made a perfectly invisible cast-on. I tried it on
scrap yarn but haven't used it yet.

=Tamar

This is the cast-on I use most often and it is fast and
easy, and is truly "invisible".

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"Richard Eney" wrote in message
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: In article ,
: Alison wrote:
: On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:26:26 -0000,
(Richard Eney)
: wrote:
: snip
: I kind of liked toe-up but getting started seemed
complicated; I want
: to try the "magic" toe-up casting on method they linked
to. I tested
: it with some scrap yarn and it seemed easier than the
figure-8 way.
:
: =Tamar
: I tried the figure 8 cast-on and couldn't get it to work.
I tried one
: of the methods on a book and it worked once and never
again. The
: crochet cast on/short row toe works excellently for me.
:
: I tried that once but I'm always interested in different
ways to do
: things.
:
: Some time ago (last spring?) there was a Knitty toe-up
pattern
: that linked to a page with a "magic" cast-on. You wrap
the yarn and
: the yarn-end alternately around the ends of two needles
and the result
: made a purl bump between them. You did have to untwist
half the
: stitches but it made a perfectly invisible cast-on. I
tried it on
: scrap yarn but haven't used it yet.
:
: =Tamar
: