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July 21, 2004

Advanced Sockology

Who knew there was so much terrain to cover in sockland? Here's the first of my current pair:

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A better picture would have been the one of me contorting myself to take this picture of my foot.

Some of the features in this sock include:

  • Figure 8 Cast-on (easy and quick - wouldn't do a toe-up any other way - see knitty for details)
  • Heel consisting of slightly less than 60% of the total stitches around the foot
  • Short row heel, using the pick-up-the-wraps technique and not the paired-stitches technique
  • A short ankle section between the completion of the heel and the start of the cuff
  • A tubular cast off technique

    • Much of this I learned from Priscilla Gibson-Roberts excellent book, "Simple Socks, Plain and Fancy."

    That little hole at the corner of the heel is unacceptable, so after both socks are completed, I'm going to try Lucy Neatby's 'circular suture' repair.

    I didn't think I would be a convert from the 'heel flap' method of constructing socks, but this design is easy and fun and I think looks more like a "real" sock.

    I'm loving this yarn...I'll be on the lookout for more.

    Posted by karen at July 21, 2004 09:34 PM

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