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#knitting #socks #ToeUp and #TAAT. Starting the increases for a #FlapAndGussetHeel and trying to decide if I want to give myself a break and just get it done with the #kfb increase or torture myself with every increase round using the left and right #LiftedIncrease.

Fiiiinally finished and wove in the ends of thess socks and am wearing them today! ^_^

It only took me *counts on fingers* almost a year ... I wound the yarn into cakes on Nov 20, 2024 ;p

#WeirdSisters #QuinaltRainforest #socks #knitting #2aaT #ToeUp

A bright green sock whilst being worn by the maker. It has been heavily tweaked to get it even close to the actual color

Five Months Later...

I have *finally* completed the #SweetTomatoHeels on my #StringTheory #Electron socks :spiral_eyes:

In my defense, I'm also working on 2 other pairs of socks and as everyone knows the world is a shitshow right now.

But lookit! Bright Socks! 😀

#socks #knitting #2AaT #ToeUp #CatBordhi

Bright Green & Black broad stripes handknit sock with the newly completed Sweet Tomato Heel as being modeled by the maker (Me! :D)

Finished these socks about a month ago but only just got to weaving in the ends.. because, ye gods, do i ever loathe weaving in ends ;D

#knitting #socks #ToeUp #2aaT #StringTheory #Entanglement #Proton

Hand knit socks in broad stripes of purple & black, lain out horizontally to their full 21 inch length

Keep forgetting to post this.. i started 'em a couple of months ago and now they're up to 3 color repeats.

Loving the bright green next to the black :D :D

#socks #knitting #2AaT #ToeUp

Two toe-up 2 at a time socks on their first color repeat of broad stripes in bright green & black

I know it's been a second, but today at my fiber meet-up, I cast off & wove in the ends of my #Cascade #HeritageSock #Highlighter #socks!!

Yayayay with much Kermit Flail! ^_^

#knitting #2aaT #ToeUp #CatBordhi

2 Bright Green (the colorway's name is really Highlighter!) socks stretched out flat on a picnic table. They are nearly 19" long unstretched! Just the way I like'em!

Finished the #SweetTomatoHeels on my #Cascade #HeritageSock #Highlighter #socks! Can't wait till i get the rest of them done ^_^

#knitting #2aaT #ToeUp #CatBordhi

One sock of a pair with the newly finished Sweet Tomato Heel being modeled whilst still on the needles by me! They are a very bright green.

Apparently I never posted the Starting Picture for these but here's the finished toe increases & the beginning of the SKYP stitch.

Reaaaallyyyy loving the purple/black combination! :D

#knitting #socks #ToeUp #2aat #StringTheory #Entanglement #Proton

The beginning of toe-up socks being knit two at a time. The colorway repeat is broad stripes of purple & black.

I’m turning into my grandmother

This is in itself not a bad thing, my grandmother was a lovely woman. It is from her I got my interest for weaving, she had her loom in the kitchen during winter (save for holiday season), and in a shed without heating most summers. I now have her loom in my possession, it is not the best of them and it is in need of some extra care to work fine again, but it is one I treasure highly. It is not a bad loom per se, but it is rather shallow and thus harder to get a good shed in, and it does have some quirks that more modern looms don’t have.

When it comes to the other fiberarts, such as knitting and crocheting, that was something both her and my own mother did frequently, although grandma probably knitter more then crochet, at least I most often saw her knitting socks of some variety.

And here comes what makes me think I’m turning into her. For one I find that I am occupying myself with knitting socks lately, but it also the fact that I rarely sit and watch TV without some kind of craft in my hands, be it crochet, Tunisian crochet or more recently knitting.

A pair of knitted socks that ended up too small

I found a lovely tutorial for how to knit the perfect sock, toe-up, made to measure of your own foot at Nimble Needles. I’m knitting on circular needles using a method called magic loop (YouTube video tutorial).

Though I’ll admit the first sock ended up way too big despite this way to measure out how many stitches I needed. Admittedly I skipped on properly blocking and pinning my sample which means it was not measured correctly.

After som recalculation I went at it again with a new sock, but still ended up with slightly big socks. Now I did some lazy re-sizing by simply going down in needle size after noticing the stitch definition was nicer with the smaller needle, but then it ended up too small.

WIP. Socks toe-up, hopefully with a good fit.

Now I’m on my third pair and hopefully the fit will be perfect, it is promising at least. I’m still doing lazy re-sizing, and simply went for the half mm needle size in between the too big pair and the too small pair.

Currently the perfect fit isn’t really the main goal, as someone said, they’ll fit someone. The main goal is to learn how to knit the various elements that a sock consists of; the toe-box and turning the heal and knitting the heal flap and gusset part. Each attempt has given me a slightly better finish.

Once I’m done with this pair, I have a fourth pair lined up, still not super fancy sock yarn, but that one is a wool blend, these are all made in the same 100% acrylic yarn. I expect the wool blend to keep shape a bit better, and perhaps be more comfortable to wear as well.

#socks #toeUp #learning #sockKnitting #MagicLoop #Knitting

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Jumping in on another pair of socks, same yarn as the last pair, though I don't have enough for a full pair in one color so doing two colored ones.

Smaller needles, seem to work better for the yarn, at least for me. By the feel so far of the socks, they will also fit better and not feel so loose.

I split one skein of each colors into two cakes and make the socks two at a time to make sure they match.

#knitting #sockKnitting #socks #toeUp #twoAtOnce

@knitting @fiberarts

Two socks on a circular needle, the needles are blue with silver tips, the wire orange. Socks are knitted toe-up two at a time and is about 3 cm past the toe box. The toe box is in the color curry, the rest is a dark gray.

I made a pair. Knitted toe up.

There are mistakes with the gusset increase (correct number, incorrect increase type in a couple spots), I noticed to late to bother with these.

The socks, while hopefully useful as slippers sort of, was mostly knit to figure the pattern out and imperfections are part of the learning curve.

#knitting #sockKnitting #toeUp #socks

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Two socks overlapping each other, laying on a white desk. The socks are in a colorway called curry and knitted with gusset and heel flap, they have short legs consisting mainly of the cuff.

Inzwischen sind die Fäden vernäht, aber bis es so weit war, haben sie brav den Rundenanfang markiert. 🌻

@handarbeiten

#stricken #vangogh #sonnenblumen #opal #zwerger #socksKnitting #struempfe #toeup

Foto zweier handgestrickter Strümpfe, die auf meinen Knien liegen. Außer dem Schaft sind die Sohlen zu sehen und die zwei Fäden des Maschenanschlags, die gleichzeitig als Maschenmarkierer für den Rundenanfang dienen. Das verstrickte Garn ist in verschiedenen Gelb-, Braun- und Grüntönen gehalten und wurde nach Van Goghs Bild "Vase mit Sonnenblumen" vom Hersteller eingefärbt.

Neben einem Wollknäuel liegt das Unterteil eines Strumpfs mit Zopfmuster, die Ferse ist zur Hälfte fertig und rote Stricknadeln halten die Maschen. Daneben liegt ein fertig gestrickter Strumpf aus demselben Garn.

#toeUp #sock #knitting

Keeping the fingers busy.

I hope I don't start the with heel too early.

Wochenendstrickerei. Ringelsocke gegen kalte Füße. Willkommen im Socktober! #knitting #toeup

Ringelsocke aus einem Knäeul bunter Wolle in grau/braun/blau/lila und ein Knäeul schwarzer Wolle als Kontrast

Better picture! Now I can create its Ravelry page ^_^

#knitting #toeUp #2aaT #socks

The beginnings of a pair of bright green socks knit toe-up on 2 circular needles with the maker's index finger holding it in place to take the picture.

So I have a bunch of #baby #sock s to #knit in time for the #holidays. And, being me, I got bored with my pattern after the second pair. So I tried a couple #toeUp patterns, each of which I ripped up in very short order because of the either awful or ugly cast-on method.

Naturally, I went my own way. And it is working pretty well. Winged it to add cute little cables, have a plan for after the heel…

Only it is more of a toddler-size than baby-size. <sigh>

#knitting #fibrearts #fiberarts

#ToeUp

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