Sock kitchener question

[boyforpele13]

hi!

i’m working on a sock pattern that i like so much i have made NO modifications to. however, the toe calls for a “star toe,” decreasing down to 8 stitches total, breaking the yarn, threading it through the stitches, and weaving the tail on the inside. is there a reason i can’t do kitchener for those 8 stitches instead or is that too few stitches for kitchener? (4 on each needle)

thanks a bunch!

[Jan_in_CA]

I don’t think I’d like a toe like that! I see no reason why you can’t graft the toe. That’s about the number of stitches you’d use anyway isn’t it?

[knitqueen]

You could graft it, but personally I’ve done that type of toe where you pull the yarn through the last stitches and I kind of liked it. I made more of a rounded toe.

[Jan_in_CA]

@knitqueen

You could graft it, but personally I’ve done that type of toe where you pull the yarn through the last stitches and I kind of liked it. I made more of a rounded toe.

I thought it would bunch up? No? :think:

[Yarnlady]

@Jan_in_CA

I thought it would bunch up? No? :think:

Not with that few sts… I made these socks with a gathered toe. It’s not a star shaped toe, but it is gathered.

[KathyinCali]

@knitqueen

You could graft it, but personally I’ve done that type of toe where you pull the yarn through the last stitches and I kind of liked it. I made more of a rounded toe.

I like to use this method. As KnitQueen said, it makes a rounded toe that I like much better. I did make myself learn to graft though…

[boyforpele13]

thanks all! i haven’t tried this on a toe yet, so maybe i just will! if i don’t like it, i can always pull it out and graft (or more likely, just graft the other one ;-))