Help With Silver's Sock Class

#1

I am trying to make my first toe up sock. I am using the 1 toe up sock on 2 circs tutorial from Silver, but I am using only 1 needle and Magic Looping it. That’s not my problem though. :slight_smile:

My problem is the heel. I started doing the w&t portion and I am doing something wrong. Part 1 sets up 8 wrapped sts on either end of the needle, which I think I got ok. Then, you start picking up wraps, but also double wrapping stitches. I am having trouble visualizing the wraps to choose the correct stitch to stop at, so I was just counting. The problem is, the 8th stitch from the end appeared to be the “next wrapped stitch” for several rows after I started picking up the wrapped stitches, rather than going 8, 7, 6, etc…

After ripping out the heel portion 3 times, each successive time trying to pay closer attention to the stitches, I am getting frustrated. Usually I can read my knitting just fine, and I had no (ok minimal) problems with the heel on a top down sock when I made one ages ago…

Now I am thinking about skipping the double wrapping and just using Cat Bordhi’s You Tube video instead. :frowning: Help!

#2

Well… I think I figured it out, sort of. I checked out Silver’s tutorial for 2 socks on 1 circ, and in that one there is no double wrapping. So I followed that tutorial and did ok.

The confusing part was twofold: first, I could not figure out how to correctly pick up the wraps on the knit side. I finally realized that she is picking up the wrap, putting it on the needle, and K2TBL, not K2TOG. At least, I think that is right. That’s what I did and it seems to have come out ok.

Also, when going to pick up the wraps, I realized I was mistaking my K2TBL or P2TOG stitch when I returned to it for a wrapped stitch. It did look like it had a necklace!! So that’s why I couldn’t get beyond stitch 8.

I do have some gaps in the heel turn where maybe picking up the extra wraps would have helped. Now that I am more confident, maybe I will go back and try that on my NEXT pair of socks. :thumbsup:

#3

I found the heel the hardest part for magic loop socks, too. Glad you figured it out!

#4

Well, at least there was no picking up stitches! It really is very different doing toe up rather than top down. I think I like the toe up way much better now that I’m no longer confused. :slight_smile: I especially like trying the sock on! :teehee: