Sock Knitting Essentials: A Deep Dive into TOES!
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- An overview of lots of different sock toes! Both cuff down and toe-up varieties are represented.
Several varieties don't require kitchener!!
Which one do you like best? Let me know in the comments!!
This video is a companion to my article in Cast On magazine, Summer 2023 issue.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:32 Wedge Toe
01:38 Narrow Version
01:58 Wide Version
02:21 Modify for Length
03:30 Round Toe
04:53 Pointed Toe
06:16 Six Gored Toe
07:15 Double Decrease Toe
08:06 French Toe
09:32 Short Row Toe
10:58 Easy Toe
12:32 Pontoon Toe/Moccasin Toe
14:28 Garter Toe
16:20 BOT and TOT Toes
20:33 Star of Five, Four, and Three Points
Resources where I found some of these toes:
Folk Socks: amzn.to/3RaiX4l
Knitting Vintage Socks: amzn.to/44LXsKl
Sensational Knitted Socks: amzn.to/3Pa8tiU
More Sensational Knitted Socks: amzn.to/44KkJfE
New Pathways for Sock Knitters: amzn.to/3PcTqot
Strick-ly Socks
Weldon's Practical Sock Knitting
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My goodness they are gorgeous.
Glad you like them!
It was great to see this variety of toes close up and to learn the basics of making them. I am especially intrigued by the 5, 4 and 3 star toes. I have always been a cuff down sock knitter but these toes may be what leads me to toe up!
Aren't those fun? They are cuff-down sock toes - and make a much more rounded toe shape.
Fascinating, thank you.
You're welcome!
Very nice to post this, I mis one toe, the anatomical toe, which in my opinion is the best fitting toe there is.
Do you have a separate video of that toe?
Hi! No, I don't have a video on that one yet, but it's on my list to do!
@@HeatherStorta would love to see the video of you.
Very interesting. Thank you. It is so nice to see all the techniques
You're welcome!
This was great! Thanks
I'm glad you liked it!
So interesting! Many tor styles I've never seen before.
There are so many possibilities!
Thanks!
Thank you so much!!
Very interesting! Thank you, Heather!!!
You're welcome!!
I imagine it was fun collecting all these toes! 😊 I wonder, as someone who wears out the tippy-tip of her sock toes first, whether some of these forms with more area of plain stitching at the toes would be easier to mend (duplicate stitch/Swiss darning)? Maybe I should try a pontoon toe….
That's a good point, and I bet those examples of toes would be much easier to mend!
I agree I have not been very successful with toe up socks. Is there a minimum number of stitches for the four star tot? I assume a multiple of four would be needed. Rey interesting. I’m wondering if you have a preference😀
The four star toe needs 80 stitches as written in Weldon's, but I think it could be modified to use a different number, as long as it's a multiple of 4, yes. It'll require some playing around with the directions to get a different stitch count to work while still getting that "star" look to the toe. The number of rounds needed are the deciding factor with this one, I think.
Which type is the most comfortable?
I think that likely depends on your foot anatomy and what you consider comfortable -- for folks that don't like the feel of seams or ridges, then one of the ones that has minimal ridges on the inside from decrease lines might be more comfortable (so, for example, one of the rounded versions with staggered decreases.) If you have a wide and flat toe box, then a wedge shape works well, but if you have a much longer big toe then that shape may not be as comfortable (an "anatomical" toe shape would be better in that case.) Every foot is different!