I bought some yummy new yarn for socks and, since I wanted the socks as tall as I could get away with, I went back to toe-up socks. Now i'm to the cast-off and am dealing with my usual "what oh what is the *best* way to cast this off?" The debate is a little more complicated this time b/c the socks reach up high up on my calf, so very stretchy cast-off is a requirement to make them fit. I've done the sewn cast-off in the past. It looks great when on, but it's still probably not stretchy enough. I tried an I-cord bind-off, but also not quite stretchy enough (but, for ankle socks, it would have been perfect--looks great). Now I'm thinking about trying a lace edging or a picot bind-off, more maybe getting a little crazy and knitting an inch of ribbing and then grafting it only the top of my sock, which I bet will be very stretchy but involves me finding instructions for grafting k2p2 ribbing.
What do the rest of y'all do?
What do the rest of y'all do?
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Re: Best CO for toe-up socks?
Thu, January 24, 2008 - 8:29 PMI'm a firm believer in this method:
www.grumperina.com/knitblog...m_a_1.htm
It's simple to do and doesn't require scissors or extra implements like the sewn bind-off does (I work on my socks mostly while I'm travelling). -
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Re: Best CO for toe-up socks?
Thu, January 24, 2008 - 10:03 PMI cast on in a double needle figure eight.
(can't remember where i found the link)
So.. lets see if I can explain it.
Take 2 of your dpns. and hold them side by side.
Make your starting loop in your yarn and slid it over one of the needles.
Then wrap under the second and come over the top.
Wrap in a figure 8 (over/under/over/under) between each needle until you have about half of what your cast on should be
(I think I use 10 to 16 sts pending the size sock)
Holding the yarn firmly knit your top needle onto a new dpn, turn your work and knit the bottom one.
after about 3 rows begin to add on your remaining sts to work toward the body of the sock. divide as you reach equal enough parts for each needle.
I THINK I found this set of instructions on knitty.com... but, I cannot find it at the moment.. It may be buried in the archives. -
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Re: Best CO for toe-up socks?
Fri, January 25, 2008 - 7:37 AMKnitty.com has the figure 8 cast on... and that is the one that I use when I am doing toe up socks... -
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Re: Best CO for toe-up socks?
Fri, January 25, 2008 - 7:56 PMI thought she was asking for cast-offs?
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Re: Best CO for toe-up socks?
Fri, January 25, 2008 - 9:32 PMI think you might be right. -
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Re: Best CO for toe-up socks?
Fri, January 25, 2008 - 10:25 PMthat's a great cast on, I'm going to try it out very soon! Thanks for sharing it!
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Re: Best CO for toe-up socks?
Sat, January 26, 2008 - 10:49 AMShe is asking for cast-offs: a good stretchy cast-off. Just another case of folks not really reading the posting.
Oh well.
I think she already had some good ideas that she mentioned, so hopefully it's all taken care of. -
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Re: Best CO for toe-up socks?
Sat, January 26, 2008 - 5:53 PMOh dear...SO embarrassed that I didn't read closely.
Well, here's my favorite stretchy cast-off (which I learnt from Gallina Khmeleva)
www.youtube.com/watch
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Re: Best CO for toe-up socks?
Sun, January 27, 2008 - 12:19 PMMy bad for abbreviating "CO" instead of "BO". But, yes, looking for Cast off ideas. Thanks for the suggestions.
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Re: Best CO for toe-up socks?
Fri, January 25, 2008 - 9:39 AMI met Cat Bordhi at TNNA earlier this month and discovered that she is really sold on the Judy Becker cast-on (here's a video)... www.youtube.com/watch
