Hey everyone. I recently made my first pair of socks, and since then I’ve looked at different tutorials and patterns. Does everyone graft the toes? In my pattern, it decreased for a wedge toe until there were four stitches left, then I had to draw the yarn through the last four stitches and pull it, similar to the top of a hat. I thought it looks good and I did just what the pattern said, but I’m just wondering if my pattern was weird and everyone else grafts the toes…
I’ve made two pairs of socks–one with the toe like yours and one grafted. I like both of them.:shrug:
The pattern I used 2 x now has grafted toes. It works for me and I also like how the grafting looks seamless.
I’m working on my first pair of socks (one done! and I immediately cast on the second to try to avoid second-sock syndrome).
I grafted the toe of my sock, and Amy’s instructional video on grafting was a perfect explanation. It turned out great!
I have grafted all my socks, also using Amy’s video to learn how.
I think the difference is that grafting is seamless. It’s a bit more work, but it’s totally worth the effort. I prefer this method over the other you mentioned.
i learned how to graft using silver’s tutorial. but i’ve referred to amy’s video also. i prefer to graft my toes.
[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkorchid]I’ve done both Kitchenered and drawn as you did. I’d rather graft as I don’t have to knit down to so few sts. By the time I get to my magic number of 16 sts, I’m ready to quit, so Kitchenering is great. I don’t think the socks look better or worse either way. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]