Sock Survey

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catherine47 — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:19:26 GMT

Help is more like it. I love knitting socks with varigated yarns. But how the heck do you get two socks that look the same or does it matter. Most of the yarns I get is one ball and you can make one pair. I have tried to match but I get two differnt socks with differnt strip patterns!

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SheEweKnits — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:51:24 GMT

Those of you who like toe up, or want to learn toe up socks, can find the BEST, easiest cast on for this method on the internet; called Judy's Magic Cast-On, it is the easiest and most useful I have ever seen. Cat Bordhi even recommends it. AND, her newest book, New Pathways for Sock Knitters , is full of toe up socks that are really unusual but great fitting. And definitely get rid of the heel flap! She also deals with breaking up the pooling and stuff with striping yarns. She's made videos of the casting on method, and many of the techniques in her new book, on YouTube, so you can watch as often as you like, which is very cool. Here's the link to the book and the video lessons: http://www.catbordhi.com/NP1.html Judy's Magic Cast On can be found on Judy's blog at http://www.persistentillusion.com , and she's got some pretty interesting reading, too... not all about socks, though. Hope this helps some of you.
I want more sock patterns that are out of the ordinary, because I am SICK of striping yarns. I want more textured patterns, and classic patterns, with more solid or semi-solid yarns, Fair Isle, etc.

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YlkaO — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:42:17 GMT

I want to make toe socks.

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JenniferH — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:46:40 GMT

While I love to spin hand-painted yarns, I love to knit w/ heathered or solids & do the colour in Fair Isle or other stranded technique.
Jennifer

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JanetR@2 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:32:45 GMT

The Caspian Sea Socks are very difficult to get started. I can work the decreases as specified in practice yarn that is heavier, but I cannot seem to make them look pleasing in the sport weight yarn called for in pattern. Am I the only one having trouble?

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BonniR — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:56:56 GMT

While I love all the great sock patterns, I rarely knit socks top down; I invariably choose toe up patterns.
I wish there was a little ?logo? or ?symbol? in the legend for each pattern with a picture of toes pointed either up or down so I can know at a glance if I am going to have to alter the pattern to be toe up or if I can just print it and commence knitting.

Happy Knitting!
Bee

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Rebecca@2 — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:34:41 GMT

I have just learned to do a turkish cast on for a pair of socks knit on 1 pair of circular needles. Does anyone know of a pattern for socks from the TOE-UP? I'm anxious about the heel since I am going backwards.

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LadyKRose — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:08:28 GMT

I'd like to have a pattern for felted socks that I can wear as slippers and not worry about wearing out the sole so fast. And, I want something that comes up over the ankle for more warmth for mature feet. ;~)))

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DianeH — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:34:03 GMT

My favorite gauge is 6 sts. per inch using self striping or varigated yarn or an easy to follow aran pattern.dsh

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DianeH — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:34:03 GMT

My favorite gauge is 6 sts. per inch using self striping or varigated yarn or an easy to follow aran pattern.dsh

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DianeH — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:33:59 GMT

My favorite gauge is 6 sts. per inch using self striping or varigated yarn or an easy to follow aran pattern.dsh

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BethY — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:42:51 GMT

I have a pattern that helps you knit practically any sock, if you can take measurements of the person's foot you need the sock to fit.
The toe isn't my favorite. I just don't know how to take another toe and put it on this pattern.
I also would really like to have some nice patterns for kids' socks. The pattern here for baby socks is lovely, but my "babies" are now 10, 7 and 3. :)
UsborneBeth

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EveG — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:05:09 GMT

I would like to see some patterns that make good use of varigated or self striping yarns. There are so few patterns out there that can work with patterened colorways, and that's all I have available!

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Littlefoot — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:09:51 GMT

I'm with Alice on this one -- too coarse. I made my mother some slipper socks at a similar gauge (4 or 5 spi, IIRC), but she only wears them as bedsocks when she visits our colder climate. I prefer to make socks at 8-10 spi.

Anne S

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Alice Twain — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:29:24 GMT

I have got a theory on why the Comfy Socks were not that successful. It's called 8 mm needles. What is the use of socks knit at 3 stitches per inch? They can't fint into shoes and not even into home slippers, but at the same time they are still too thin to be worn as slippers at home by anyone who does not have carpets in each and every room (and outside the US that's the majority of us) and at the same time too warm to keep wearing them when your feet are not on the ground.

KarenT: just tug sharply the yarn after knitting the first and second stitch of each needle.