Comments on: Whiptips - toe up socks

By: admin

admin — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:40:32 +0000

Thank you everyone for your great replies - my mum better be knitting those socks for me :)

best
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By: Daphne

Daphne — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:37:35 +0000

I like this one: http://tiajudy.com/soxform.htm

You look up the # of stitches you want for the foot/leg of the sock then insert the numbers from the chart. It creates a heel-flap sock. Of course, I just completed my first toe-up pair, thought I hated it… but started another pair toe-up immediately.

By: outi onorato

outi onorato — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:30:00 +0000

Interweave Knits/summer 2007 has a great pattern with size and gauge tables by Ann Budd.The clear figures of the methods are very helpful.

By: Lynn in Tucson

Lynn in Tucson — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:02:16 +0000

Here, under free patterns, both “generic” and “detailed” toe-up patterns: http://wendyknits.net/finished-work-free-patterns-tips/sub-page

This was the first sock pattern I ever used and it was quite easy to follow!

By: Annika

Annika — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:48:57 +0000

Wendy Johnson has a wonderful free “pattern” (more like a recipe/formula) for download at her site (http://wendyknits.net).

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:33:03 +0000

In addition to the already mentioned knitty.com toe-up sock formula, you might have your mom sign up for Knitting Daily, http://www.knittingdaily.com/ and/or peruse the Interweave Knits site for free patterns. Although I don’t think it’s been offered for free on their site [yet], there was a pattern for a simple toe-up sock, On Your Toes Socks, in the Summer 2007 IK issue. Even if your mom can’t find it for free, it’s worth seeking out. It uses the backward yarnover method for the short row heel, a technique worth knowing if she doesn’t already.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:59:13 +0000

There are several options:

http://www.wendyjohnson.net/blog/sockpattern.htm

http://www.knitty.com: there are several. Widdershins is a cool one with the traditional heel flap (many toe up designs use a short row heel). i found the supporting documentation invaluable as i made my socks on a different # of stitches than the designer and had trouble making sense of the numbers: http://k2knits.blogspot.com/2007/03/revisiting-widdershin-heel.html

best of luck

By: Simone

Simone — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:38:11 +0000

I thought of knitty.com as well. Here is their universal toe-up sock formula: http://www.knitty.com/issuesummer06/PATTuniversalsock.html
I actually used this for my first ever pair of socks and they turned out great.

By: Niobe

Niobe — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:14:00 +0000

The link in my name goes to a PDF for DNA socks toe up.

By: Jessicah

Jessicah — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:59:56 +0000

The knitty one springs to my mind too- there is a pattern where you knit a swatch, take a few measurements, plug in the numbers and it tells you how to knit a toe-up sock to fit your foot it your wool! Voila!