Something strange happens everytime I make a sock. The V in the last stitch on needles 3 and 1 has a gap in it. (See the photo; I’ve pulled the sock a bit to show the gap.) What’s odd is that this problem never occurs between needles 2 & 3…
The socks end up looking like they have seams, which of course they don’t. I’ve tried tightening that last stitch, even when I move to the next needle, but nothing seems to get rid of the problem entirely.
My question is, how do I get rid of the gap? Is this a natural feature of the hand-knit sock, or am I doing something incorrectly?
Other than pulling the first stitch on each dpn tight I don’t know what to tell you. I almost always have one tiny little ladder on most of the socks I make. (Usually at the toe or gusset.) After washing they have disappeared.
Don’t feel bad about it. It happens to A LOT of sock knitters. I’ve found that if I hold the needles a certain way, it makes the ladder better or worse. Sometimes pulling that first stitch tight makes the ladder better, and yet I swear, sometimes it’s worse! It’s a very perplexing knitting phenomenon! :??
Yes, yes, that’s happening to me! I cannot possible knit the stitch any tighter, yet the ladder is as bad, and sometimes worse, as when I don’t even try. Grr! That’s why I figured I must be missing something.
But, if a sock maven like yourself has this problem, at least I know I’m in good company
Oh, and I’m using your tutorial, Silver, for the grafting…it’s not going so well–through no fault of yours, I might add–but I shall perservere because I really REALLY like knitting socks, ladders and all!
I always give a good tug on the first stich of the new needle. It took a looooooooooooooong time for me to make a sock without ladders. (Sometimes it still happens :rollseyes: ) so have patience grasshopper, it will come.
I did the toe grafting and it came out beautifully! (Thanks to Silver’s tutorial). Yipppeeee!!!
Have a look. The pic is a wee bit blurry, but you can see where I’ve bent the toe down a little to show the grafting. I’m just beside myself with joy over this. After 3 hideous tries, I’ve gotten it right!
Oh it is one of my favorite shows!! I couldn’t resist a Jeff-ism, so I slid it in, hoping someone would notice. You win!! I’ll get the prize to you soon; I keep it right next to my bucket of ears…
Oh, how I LOVE him! The show just wasn’t the same after Richard Coyle left and they brought in that Oliver character. I like Oliver, and he has his Jeff-like moments (the mountain of toilet paper in his living room made me laugh until I cried), but no one can replace Jeff with all his talk about the giggle loop, the sock gap, and Melty Man…
