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toe-up sock pattern suggestions
I posted this on plurk, but wanted to open it up a little more.
Any suggestions on a 1st sock pattern...? I'd like to do toe-up, and have two skeins of Järbo Garn Mini Raggi and size 3 dpns (if that helps).
In looking around, I've seen a lot of different patterns. The part I'm stuck on (which is pretty much how things go for me) is the casting on for the socks. Do I use Judy's magic cast on? Or this one on wiseNeedle?
Once I've figured that out, I think I'm just going to do plain stockinette through to the heel and standard ribbing through to the top. They're for me anyway (my wonderful wife got the yarn and needles for me), so I thought I would start simple... and toe-up, unless there's a compelling reason to start cuff-down instead.
Now that I think about it, any suggestions for the pattern, cast-on, heel, or other parts would be greatly appreciated. I've heard that socks are an addictive project, but I'm willing to find out how true that is.
couple of updated thoughts:
after 25 years of knitting socks cuff down, i'm doing toe-up and will never do cuff down again! i like them that much. and, no more DPNs! i love the 2 circs (22" 0r 24" length are fine: 1's or 2's)any longer are too cumbersome. and a note as a guy: my feet are 11" and i cast on 12 or 14 sts on each circ (24 or 28 total) not the 6 or 8 that the pattern usually calls for. makes a wider edge for me instead of a pointy end.
difference between the figure 8 and judy's magic cast on: JMCO yields a knitted edging that is firmer than the figure 8 caston. just my thoughts...
I say Cuff Down all the way!!!! I have tried knitting toe up but it has never striked my fancy. I like to knit on DPNs and it is just more simple to knit cuff to toe on them :-) I have MANY pattern ideas, but the only ones I can recommend from experience are top down. I think the Masonic Lodge socks are cool and would be nice for a guy.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/masonic-lodge
Good luck!!
i'm doing the toe-up monkey socks. way too easy. judy's magic cast-on is easy once you've done it a couple of times, and all my socks fit way better toe-up. check out my blog! see ya on plurk! c
I'm currently addicted to the toe-up, no-purl monkey socks (Los Monos Locos).
http://akaijen.typepad.com/jen_knits/pattern_los_monos_locos_t.html
I could knit these things a thousand times and never get tired of them. :-)
I'll have to add that to my Ravelry queue... and someday actually make them. ;)
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Here's a tutorial for short row heels (if that one isn't clear, there's about five million more if you google for a "short row heel")
Every time I've done toe-ups, I've used the Figure-eight cast-on (the one that's on that second page you cited)... but I think Judy's magic cast-on would work great too, I just haven't tried it. The nice thing about either of those cast-ons, is since from they're you're just increasing four times per row, you can try it on to figure out where to stop and just start knitting the foot of the sock.
Heh, thanks for the link. I might just be psyching myself out about the heels, and that'll help. Maybe I'll just try them both, and frog whichever one doesn't work for me. :)
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