Socknitters Forum

[twobrownears]

Cool and very excellent.

Knit on girl. The universe is better for it

bjr
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She seeketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with her hands:
Proverbs 31 vs 13

[moomin]

Ok.. so I lied. I frogged my sock one last time yesterday, but I now finally have it cracked. I had a slight panic yesterday evening after my boyfriend told me that I knit backwards (I don't!), but I have finally cracked it, and after about 10 rows my rib is still looking like rib!

I finally sorted it by casting on an extra stitch onto the first needle I use, (so 21, 20, 20) then slipping that extra stitch onto the last needle, and knitting the two together. I'm not sure if it's right, but it works for me.

I'm sure I'll be back in about 3 days, when I get to the heel...

Thanks,
Clare

[IloveSheep]

Hiya Claire,

Well done on your persistance.

I posted my first pair of socks on here and was so keen to get onto my other pair, until my daughter lost her hat at school and hat knitting was more the order of the day

I managed the hat and started my second pair of socks last night. I empathise with your troubles... I felt brave enough to do a lacy leg pattern for my socks this time (I get bored easily otherwise) ... easier said than done... after casting on and starting the pattern and some stitches falling off the needle, 4 times I may add , I finally managed to get going *phew* My persistance paid off and thank goodness it did or the sparrows in the garden would have found 4 DPN's this morning and prolly would have taken up the craft themselves

Practice makes perfect.. providing you haven't lost the plot before your sock is taking shape

Sharon UK

[moomin]

Ah well - it's good to know it's not just me!

As one of the wise ladies of Knitty said - just keep knitting, and it will come right in the end!

I'm thinking that my next project may well be with chunky yarn and huge pins.. just for a change!

[rubyplaid]

I just think of it this way:

"joining" is merely this: When you've knit the stitches on all three needles, and you get back to the first stitch on the first needle, just knit it. Knitting it will make it join into a circle. You just need to tug after you've knit that stitch so it will tighten. After a couple of rounds the gap will be tightened up.

Hopefully we're not all confusing you with too much advice...

[crazy4sox]

I just took a class at Stitches West from Nancy Bush on Vintage Socks. She recommends what she calls a crossover join to go from the last stitch on needle 3 to the first stitch on needle 1. This adds strength to that spot and eliminates that step-down look that shows up there.

If I can describe it well, here's how it goes. After you cast on the last stitch on needle three, slip the first stitch from needle 1 on to the end of needle three. Then slip what was the last stitch over the new one and move it to needle one. Use needle four to start knitting round 2 as usual.

I've tried this twice now and like how it looks. Tell me what you think.