Regarding slippery socks: In my parts they sell non-stick stickers called "Sockenstopper" to put on the sole. My sister used them, according to her it does work. Another thing I've seen (but not tried) is Sock Stop. It's liquid latex, you can get it from many brands and in different colors. Put some on the sole, once it dries it's supposed to prevent slipping. You can still wash the socks at up to 40 degrees celsius. I think the material resembles the non-slip dots on those storebought cozy at-home socks usually made of synthetic fibres. You can put drops, lines or squiggles of it on the sole or paint complicated patterns if that's your thing.
Hi Andrea, I love my knitted socks but do have wood floors. To avoid slipping all over the house I use faux leather from Joann's. I simply cut out the general shape of the sole of the sock and then using thread doubled, sew (baste) the sole on. This forms a grippy surface but NOT non-skid, letting your sock still glide on the floor but they don't slip. I don't like non-skid dots because I find them too grippy. Another plus is if it wears out, I can just add another faux leather sole. I find this to be an inexpensive and a quick fix without modifying the sock in anyway. So if the sock owner is not happy with the results, no harm no foul, just snip the sewn stitches and the sock is just as knitted. Since it's faux leather, it's also washable just like the sock. Hope this helps.
For sure this high arch gal has tried many heels and I end up going back to heel flap and gusset. I did recently find a toe up heel flap and gusset pattern. To adjust regular toe up patterns I need to start early in order to increase by like 16 stitches to each side of the gusset!
your hair is so amazing! love watching your videos while i do boring tasks at work. been having a hard time avoiding doom scrolling for the past couple weeks, and knitting content is the perfect break from that for me :)
It looks that this week you are feeling better and even your cough sound better. That makes me happy! I love knitting socks, the knit along is calling me. Thanks for always giving your best & happy knitting at your event.
For slippery socks, you can use a product called sock stop, works great and won’t damage your socks like hot glue would. Easy to find in craft stores or online 😊
Andrea, THANK YOU for designing socks with a heel flap and gusset!!!! I am one of those who has a high arch and has to add stitches to the flap accordingly. I have made your curio socks and they are adorable but don’t fit my feet as well as a hf&g. I’m glad that you’re venturing into other constructions for those of us with different feet. So excited to knit the Oxbow Socks!
Toft in the UK sells sheets of cork that can be cut and sewn to the bottom of socks and slippers. I haven’t used it on socks yet but have sewn it to the underside of needlepointed coasters. Very easy. To work with and supposed to be washable as well.
Great video, I ❤ Bainbridge Island, my desire to start knitting started with a color workshop and walking along Winslow and seeing Churchmouse Knitting store, that was about 15 years ago. Thank goodness you came along with your experience, creativity and pattern making expertise to help me achieve my goal to knit gorgeous things! Thank you!
I love the heel flap and gusset. I also have flat feet. I knit a med size but always do a large size heel flap to get over my heel - I guess I'm tall there even though I have flat feet. Once I realized what I needed to do, the socks are wonderful. I look forward to knitting Oxbows.
Thank you for explaining about the heel flap and gusset and how it can be altered to fit a high arch. I have very high arches so my first pair of socks did not fit comfortably. I love knitting socks but I didn't knit socks for myself after that first pair. Now I can knit a pair that might actually be comfortable on my weird feet. Thank you!
Re q5, perhaps if the shaping when blocking is unsuccessful, you could get him to choose another design with even increases throught the yoke? X Thank you Andrea for doing us a video while you have a cold. Love you for that xxx
When I knit Gib for my brother I added short rows to round out the neckline through the raglan sections! I think I added 8 short rows in order to get through the stitch texture repeat so that it was aligned again once I started working full rounds. my short rows included the raglans and my w&ts were along the front collar, if that makes sense. It was a bit fiddly because it involved working some of the raglan cables on the wrong side, but I was really happy with the result!
I am new to your podcast and oh my gosh….I love your style, your personality, humor and knowledge of knitting. AND…I also really love your patterns! Thank you for using this platform to share all the yarn good things. 🎉🧶❤️
Also regarding slippery socks: I wear my hand knit socks almost every day, but I wear them inside Birkenstock slipper clogs (in the cold months of course… I do live in Alaska). In my opinion, it’s the best cozy combo! You get the traction of the sole, plus the arch support of a birkenstock, and still get to wear your hand knit socks!
Enjoy the island retreat. Bought the pattern and Bear paw. This is my first KAL and challenge. Adding another challenge to my life at the moment is WILD!
I love how top down socks are so easily customizable with the heel flap and gusset. I have a high arch learned to measure my heel from floor to about mid ankle bone and knit my heel flap to that measurement (2.75”). This can be done on any pattern without disruption. I just knit my heel length and pick up the additional stitches along each side (not what the pattern says). For me is about 20-22-ish stitches and then continue the gusset decreases until I reach my original stitch count. Works for me every time. Haven’t missed your podcast since the beginning and have learned so much about knitting, fiber, yarn content, etc. You have made me a better, more confident knitter! Thank you so much ❣️
Slippery socks - I have read that Plasti-dip spray paint (rubberized coating) can be used to put a thin mist of rubber coating on slipper soles, but I've been too afraid to try that on my own projects! Best wishes for your retreat weekend and the Great Unpacking that is waiting for you. 😊
I use Sock Stop on the bottom of slippers. I get it at my LYS and it comes in various colours. You can put it on in dots or even make just a couple of stripes on the bottom.
Andrea, In regards to the slippery socks, would it be possible to do a little duplicate stitch with some kind of rubbery string just on the heel a little bit and a little bit on the ball of the foot? I’m sure hobby lobby or somebody would have a product like that.
Hi Andrea, thank you for your videos I've learned so much watching them ! Could we have a studio tour sometime ? 🤩 Would love to see the space you work in. All the best for moving in to your new home !
My go to cast on is also the long tail cast on. To make it stretchier I cast on holding two or sometimes even 3 needles together ( treat as if it is one needle) and cast once both/all 3 needles. I do that always for top down socks.
Fall precaution has kept me from knitting socks. I have been wondering about this issue, and I am surprised it really hasn't been addressed. Looking forward to hearing more❤
For slippery socks you could try to paint on a food grade 100% silicone caulking . Make it thin so it doesn't go through . Silicone has some give so you wouldn't feel bumps under feet
I wonder if it'd be worth doing a small swatch in fingering weight and trying the puffy paint and hot glue and maybe other things that might work so you don't ruin your completed socks
The tubular CO became my white whale last weekend! OMG I ripped out, messed up and dropped stitches SOOO many times. However I had practiced a small swatch of it in thicker yarn and totally agree that it looks much better so I was pretty determined to get it. My Hey Sailor top is FINALLY started about 1/4” in 🙌🙌💃🕺
New handknit socks are the reason I slid down some stairs last month. whoops. I just wore slippers more until those had gone through the wash a few times.
Congratulations on your move! I'm working a two colour stranded project (Halibut by Caitlin Hunter) in the same colours and yarn as the pattern. It's going well, but I am seeing the light colour peeking out from behind the darker colour sometimes in the finished fabric in places. I've never had that happen before with colour work, but I wondering if it's because there was a float in the row below the increase and when I pick up the dark yarn to make the increase, the light colour shines through. Is there anything I can do to prevent this? It's often right around where the pattern repeats are because that's where the increases happen, but it's also where I need to make a float.
I have used ‘Sock Stop’ on the soles of socks and it works well. I wouldn’t recommend putting dots on the sole as that can be uncomfortable for walking on. Instead I put a row of the Sock Stop on the sole then spread it out thinly over the sole with a piece of card.
Slippery socks are not an issue for me because I always wear slippers (Skechers shoes) but I heard of sock stop. I have not tried it myself but apparently it works great
I've tried puff paint dots. I found they helped a little. I usually just go the "house slides" (birkenstock style) shoe with my socks if I'm not going to wear slippers OVER them.
I’ve heard, but never tried, painting on some kind of liquid rubber on socks or felted booties is a great way to add grip. But as I’ve never done it I don’t have any product recommendations…
I couldn’t wear socks for awhile after I had a big fall. I was terrified of falling again. So I got some low profile slippers that still showed my hand knit socks.
Another way to adapt a heel flap and gusset is to use a square (Dutch) heel turn instead of the rounded (French) heel turn if you want a narrower heel or a less deep inset. A square heel has fewer stitches to pick up than the round turn.
I use Sock Stop made in Germany by Rico Design to make slippers or socks safe for kids or older people. It feels like rubber dots.You have to let it dry for 8 to 10 hours when you use it but afterwards it is washable. Bought it at my LYS : "Espace Tricot"
I did try adding puffy dots to the bottom of socks for my children and for me to reduce slipping on wood floors. My children disliked the addition of the dots because they couldn’t slide at all and I didn’t like them because they kept making me stumble. They are very sticky and didn’t enhance safety for me. I do think slipperiness has declined with washing and wearing with my socks but do think trying non superwash sock yarn could help too. Hope that is helpful.
I actually use "Chinese Waitress" cast-on for hats (I think it's also called double chain?) its actually a short-tail cast-on, or a crocheted, but you CAN do it just with just your needles if you're patient. Its just as stretchy as German twisted, but I think its prettier & you don't end up with that sometimes too long tail.
Thanks for another informative episode and all your thoughts about my question about gauge. ❤ Tbh the thought of weighing the swatch down had crossed my mind and it should be possible through calculating the weight etc. I guess I don't need to say I'm an engineer... 🤣 I think though I will start experimenting in different ways first before my knitting ends up to be too much about physics calculations. 😉 Thanks again for all the input for that.
I believe Joanns or other craft stores have iron-on sock grips. They’re sheets of grippy dots that, when ironed, adhere just the dots to the sock and the sheet peels away
For stopping socks slipping you can buy these little bottles of latex called ‘Sock Stop’ which you use to add little rubber blobs onto the bottom of sock/slippers. It comes in lots of different colours to match your socks 👍
My brother actually broke his neck(!!!) slipping down hardwood stairs in socks. Not hand knit, just regular socks--and he's fine after surgery to fuse the broken vertebrae. So this is a real concern. Fabric paint dots work fine but some people find them too bumpy to their sensitive tootsies (hubs and daughter for example). I've thought about doing some duplicate stitch elastic thread on the soles, maybe in dashes along the ball of the foot? anyone have thoughts?
I never run around in my hand knit socks without my house Birkenstock sandals on. That way I don’t wear them out and solves the slippery problem. Anyone that does run around in hand knit socks I made doesn’t get another pair. Just sayin…🤩🤷🏻♀️
Also to the loose collared folk: if you have a folded over collar you can try adding elastic to the neckline before you rip back- that might be enough to bring it in and lie smoother.
Regarding slippery socks: In my parts they sell non-stick stickers called "Sockenstopper" to put on the sole. My sister used them, according to her it does work. Another thing I've seen (but not tried) is Sock Stop. It's liquid latex, you can get it from many brands and in different colors. Put some on the sole, once it dries it's supposed to prevent slipping. You can still wash the socks at up to 40 degrees celsius. I think the material resembles the non-slip dots on those storebought cozy at-home socks usually made of synthetic fibres. You can put drops, lines or squiggles of it on the sole or paint complicated patterns if that's your thing.
Thank you for sharing tips again. One day you’ll have to share your make up routine, because you always look beautiful.
Hi Andrea, I love my knitted socks but do have wood floors. To avoid slipping all over the house I use faux leather from Joann's. I simply cut out the general shape of the sole of the sock and then using thread doubled, sew (baste) the sole on. This forms a grippy surface but NOT non-skid, letting your sock still glide on the floor but they don't slip. I don't like non-skid dots because I find them too grippy. Another plus is if it wears out, I can just add another faux leather sole. I find this to be an inexpensive and a quick fix without modifying the sock in anyway. So if the sock owner is not happy with the results, no harm no foul, just snip the sewn stitches and the sock is just as knitted. Since it's faux leather, it's also washable just like the sock. Hope this helps.
For sure this high arch gal has tried many heels and I end up going back to heel flap and gusset. I did recently find a toe up heel flap and gusset pattern. To adjust regular toe up patterns I need to start early in order to increase by like 16 stitches to each side of the gusset!
your hair is so amazing! love watching your videos while i do boring tasks at work. been having a hard time avoiding doom scrolling for the past couple weeks, and knitting content is the perfect break from that for me :)
The highlight of my Fridays is always your podcast! ALWAYS learn something new. Thanks for always being there.
I love your nails! Thank you for making this video even on the road!
It looks that this week you are feeling better and even your cough sound better. That makes me happy!
I love knitting socks, the knit along is calling me.
Thanks for always giving your best & happy knitting at your event.
For slippery socks, you can use a product called sock stop, works great and won’t damage your socks like hot glue would. Easy to find in craft stores or online 😊
Welcome to Michigan❣️l hope the move in for you all goes smoothly and you enjoy exploring and making this beautiful state home❤
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us Andrea!🎉
Andrea, THANK YOU for designing socks with a heel flap and gusset!!!! I am one of those who has a high arch and has to add stitches to the flap accordingly. I have made your curio socks and they are adorable but don’t fit my feet as well as a hf&g. I’m glad that you’re venturing into other constructions for those of us with different feet. So excited to knit the Oxbow Socks!
Another super informative video, Andrea you need to write a book!!! ❤ Hope the retreat is fun, happy travels back to your new home!
Toft in the UK sells sheets of cork that can be cut and sewn to the bottom of socks and slippers. I haven’t used it on socks yet but have sewn it to the underside of needlepointed coasters. Very easy. To work with and supposed to be washable as well.
Welcome back to Michigan ❤
Great video, I ❤ Bainbridge Island, my desire to start knitting started with a color workshop and walking along Winslow and seeing Churchmouse Knitting store, that was about 15 years ago. Thank goodness you came along with your experience, creativity and pattern making expertise to help me achieve my goal to knit gorgeous things! Thank you!
Love your nail skittles, so cute!!! Have fun in Seattle!
Good luck getting settled into your new home. Hope you enjoyed your weekend!❤
I love the heel flap and gusset. I also have flat feet. I knit a med size but always do a large size heel flap to get over my heel - I guess I'm tall there even though I have flat feet. Once I realized what I needed to do, the socks are wonderful. I look forward to knitting Oxbows.
Thank you for explaining about the heel flap and gusset and how it can be altered to fit a high arch. I have very high arches so my first pair of socks did not fit comfortably. I love knitting socks but I didn't knit socks for myself after that first pair. Now I can knit a pair that might actually be comfortable on my weird feet. Thank you!
Re q5, perhaps if the shaping when blocking is unsuccessful, you could get him to choose another design with even increases throught the yoke? X Thank you Andrea for doing us a video while you have a cold. Love you for that xxx
Loved the info on the difference between heel flap, and other methods! Thank you!😊
There is a product called sock stop by RICO. I haven’t tried it but its a latex you use on the bottom of your socks. Wool warehouse in the uk have it
Greetings from Livonia, MI! Welcome back!
When I knit Gib for my brother I added short rows to round out the neckline through the raglan sections! I think I added 8 short rows in order to get through the stitch texture repeat so that it was aligned again once I started working full rounds. my short rows included the raglans and my w&ts were along the front collar, if that makes sense. It was a bit fiddly because it involved working some of the raglan cables on the wrong side, but I was really happy with the result!
I am new to your podcast and oh my gosh….I love your style, your personality, humor and knowledge of knitting. AND…I also really love your patterns! Thank you for using this platform to share all the yarn good things. 🎉🧶❤️
Also regarding slippery socks: I wear my hand knit socks almost every day, but I wear them inside Birkenstock slipper clogs (in the cold months of course… I do live in Alaska). In my opinion, it’s the best cozy combo! You get the traction of the sole, plus the arch support of a birkenstock, and still get to wear your hand knit socks!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful cowl with us🙏💗🥰
Enjoy the island retreat. Bought the pattern and Bear paw. This is my first KAL and challenge. Adding another challenge to my life at the moment is WILD!
I love how top down socks are so easily customizable with the heel flap and gusset. I have a high arch learned to measure my heel from floor to about mid ankle bone and knit my heel flap to that measurement (2.75”). This can be done on any pattern without disruption. I just knit my heel length and pick up the additional stitches along each side (not what the pattern says). For me is about 20-22-ish stitches and then continue the gusset decreases until I reach my original stitch count. Works for me every time. Haven’t missed your podcast since the beginning and have learned so much about knitting, fiber, yarn content, etc. You have made me a better, more confident knitter! Thank you so much ❣️
Slippery socks - I have read that Plasti-dip spray paint (rubberized coating) can be used to put a thin mist of rubber coating on slipper soles, but I've been too afraid to try that on my own projects! Best wishes for your retreat weekend and the Great Unpacking that is waiting for you. 😊
I use Sock Stop on the bottom of slippers. I get it at my LYS and it comes in various colours. You can put it on in dots or even make just a couple of stripes on the bottom.
Andrea,
In regards to the slippery socks, would it be possible to do a little duplicate stitch with some kind of rubbery string just on the heel a little bit and a little bit on the ball of the foot? I’m sure hobby lobby or somebody would have a product like that.
I have added fabric paint dots (sometimes stripes) to the bottom of the socks. They definitely make a huge difference.
Hi! Regia makes cute anti-slide stoppers that can be ironed on the soles and also ABS latex in applicator bottle. Both exist in many colours :)
I love a heel/flap. I’ve learned how to modify it so it fits my high instep. I love this new pattern!!
Thank you for stopping and doing this for us. Bainbridge is such a beautiful spot! Good medicine for this buzzing busy time!!❤
Hi Andrea, thank you for your videos I've learned so much watching them ! Could we have a studio tour sometime ? 🤩 Would love to see the space you work in. All the best for moving in to your new home !
My go to cast on is also the long tail cast on. To make it stretchier I cast on holding two or sometimes even 3 needles together ( treat as if it is one needle) and cast once both/all 3 needles. I do that always for top down socks.
Love it here!!! Have to ask - what mascara do you use??!!
Fall precaution has kept me from knitting socks. I have been wondering about this issue, and I am surprised it really hasn't been addressed. Looking forward to hearing more❤
Sock stop! I have hardwood floors and sock stop is similar to puffy paint but more bendy and flexible when dry.
For slippery socks you could try to paint on a food grade 100% silicone caulking . Make it thin so it doesn't go through . Silicone has some give so you wouldn't feel bumps under feet
There are specific sock adhesives and sock sticky dots you can buy to help get some grip on the bottom of the sock 😊
I wonder if it'd be worth doing a small swatch in fingering weight and trying the puffy paint and hot glue and maybe other things that might work so you don't ruin your completed socks
The tubular CO became my white whale last weekend! OMG I ripped out, messed up and dropped stitches SOOO many times. However I had practiced a small swatch of it in thicker yarn and totally agree that it looks much better so I was pretty determined to get it. My Hey Sailor top is FINALLY started about 1/4” in 🙌🙌💃🕺
New handknit socks are the reason I slid down some stairs last month. whoops. I just wore slippers more until those had gone through the wash a few times.
Congratulations on your move! I'm working a two colour stranded project (Halibut by Caitlin Hunter) in the same colours and yarn as the pattern. It's going well, but I am seeing the light colour peeking out from behind the darker colour sometimes in the finished fabric in places. I've never had that happen before with colour work, but I wondering if it's because there was a float in the row below the increase and when I pick up the dark yarn to make the increase, the light colour shines through. Is there anything I can do to prevent this? It's often right around where the pattern repeats are because that's where the increases happen, but it's also where I need to make a float.
I love your shawl ❤ what yarn did you use? And what pattern did you use? 💕💕💕💕
I have used ‘Sock Stop’ on the soles of socks and it works well. I wouldn’t recommend putting dots on the sole as that can be uncomfortable for walking on. Instead I put a row of the Sock Stop on the sole then spread it out thinly over the sole with a piece of card.
Slippery socks are not an issue for me because I always wear slippers (Skechers shoes) but I heard of sock stop. I have not tried it myself but apparently it works great
I've tried puff paint dots. I found they helped a little. I usually just go the "house slides" (birkenstock style) shoe with my socks if I'm not going to wear slippers OVER them.
I’ve heard, but never tried, painting on some kind of liquid rubber on socks or felted booties is a great way to add grip. But as I’ve never done it I don’t have any product recommendations…
I couldn’t wear socks for awhile after I had a big fall. I was terrified of falling again. So I got some low profile slippers that still showed my hand knit socks.
Another way to adapt a heel flap and gusset is to use a square (Dutch) heel turn instead of the rounded (French) heel turn if you want a narrower heel or a less deep inset. A square heel has fewer stitches to pick up than the round turn.
There is a product called Sock stop, which is like a puff paint for socks!
I use Sock Stop made in Germany by Rico Design to make slippers or socks safe for kids or older people. It feels like rubber dots.You have to let it dry for 8 to 10 hours when you use it but afterwards it is washable. Bought it at my LYS : "Espace Tricot"
This lady is so pretty
Such a pleasnt face ❤
I did try adding puffy dots to the bottom of socks for my children and for me to reduce slipping on wood floors. My children disliked the addition of the dots because they couldn’t slide at all and I didn’t like them because they kept making me stumble. They are very sticky and didn’t enhance safety for me. I do think slipperiness has declined with washing and wearing with my socks but do think trying non superwash sock yarn could help too. Hope that is helpful.
I just wear my hand knit socks with my kyrgies slippers-wool on wool! Super toasty!
Safe travels
Slippery socks. Yarns are the answer for me. I don’t use super wash. I use a sheepier yarn now.
I actually use "Chinese Waitress" cast-on for hats (I think it's also called double chain?) its actually a short-tail cast-on, or a crocheted, but you CAN do it just with just your needles if you're patient.
Its just as stretchy as German twisted, but I think its prettier & you don't end up with that sometimes too long tail.
Thanks for another informative episode and all your thoughts about my question about gauge. ❤ Tbh the thought of weighing the swatch down had crossed my mind and it should be possible through calculating the weight etc. I guess I don't need to say I'm an engineer... 🤣 I think though I will start experimenting in different ways first before my knitting ends up to be too much about physics calculations. 😉 Thanks again for all the input for that.
I believe Joanns or other craft stores have iron-on sock grips. They’re sheets of grippy dots that, when ironed, adhere just the dots to the sock and the sheet peels away
I often do the cast on over two needles for hats - to avoid that tightness.
For stopping socks slipping you can buy these little bottles of latex called ‘Sock Stop’ which you use to add little rubber blobs onto the bottom of sock/slippers. It comes in lots of different colours to match your socks 👍
My brother actually broke his neck(!!!) slipping down hardwood stairs in socks. Not hand knit, just regular socks--and he's fine after surgery to fuse the broken vertebrae. So this is a real concern. Fabric paint dots work fine but some people find them too bumpy to their sensitive tootsies (hubs and daughter for example). I've thought about doing some duplicate stitch elastic thread on the soles, maybe in dashes along the ball of the foot? anyone have thoughts?
Has anyone ever told you that you could easily have been a model instead of a knitwear designer. Such a beautiful face.
Looks like Amazon carries all those sock stopper products others have mentioned!
Will you share what part of “The mitten” you moved to? 😁
Sockstop is what I have used when my kids were young.
I can not hear what you say the first kind of socks you go to? Second was afterthought heel 😊 thank you for a great podcast
I never run around in my hand knit socks without my house Birkenstock sandals on. That way I don’t wear them out and solves the slippery problem. Anyone that does run around in hand knit socks I made doesn’t get another pair. Just sayin…🤩🤷🏻♀️
I'm not sure, but what about a princess sole for more grip on the sock?
knitting while walking.....oh my.....can we get a vid on that :)
Also to the loose collared folk: if you have a folded over collar you can try adding elastic to the neckline before you rip back- that might be enough to bring it in and lie smoother.
:)