the joy of sox

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how i knit sox
-thanx to utube tutorials

the written patterns
in my mind
just melt together.

the pattern i follow
is fairly random
an improvisational
its a knit as you go
up from the toe

I knit loose so
I use size 1 needles & regular worsted yarn-bigger is faster
I like the double circular needle technique
because you can try them on in stages
and the cats can't pull them out as easily as regular double points


these are the 3rd pair I made
with james c brett "marble" acrylic yarn.
most sox take 100 grams of sport weight yarn per pair

I start my sox starting from the toe up
doing a double cast on- on 2 circular needles
one metal one bamboo- i match the needle by feel
casting a stitch one on one needle
then one on the other
_ i didn't find a video showing long end cast on
'm having troubles with embedding
you might want to do a rightclick and open in new tab or window on link
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL4cVW5PJu4"

do enough stitches to cover across 3-4 toes, 8-10 stitches each
knit the round then
increase by knitting back/front in the same stitch
at the ends of the rows till they make a cup
that makes a toe by then you have 15-17 stitches on each needle

I followed cat bordhi has knitting on 2 double needle
I knit about 6 sets of 5 between one single row stripe rows
-the picture is alternate stripes or 3 rows /green 4-5rows purple
i do it till about 3 inches from the heel
start increasing on one needle on both ends (making heel gusset)
the longer circular needle of you're following kristi style in the first video

knitting straight on the other(shorter) needle in between
adding 5- 6 stitches
then start turning the heel(on the one needle only back and forth)

i'm having troubles with embedding
you might want to do a rightclick and open in new tab or window on link
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yVikAvPuE4"wrapping and turning
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFrVqx-iN7k"part 2

doing a knit a stitch slip slip a stitch- i like to alternate the lips on rows
between the turnings
go up the heel and start decreasing(k2 tog) till
till you've used up the stitches you added in the gusset
absorbed I'll decrease a couple extra to make a tighter cuff

starting back on the round of both needles going k1p1
till I run out of yarn or pateince approx 2-3 inches

do the 2nd sox before you forget how the first one went
luckily I can see the increase points and the stripes help with counting

I've done 8 pairs- I'd put off knitting sox till I was 50
I'd tried knitting on and off since i was 5, bells, afgahn age 12, a sweaters@18
didn't really get it till my saturn return(age 29)-2 more sweaters et stuff
and now I can do sox! mind you mom's been doing them for y-e-a-rs

next thing is to watch the video about doing both at the same time.