Toe-Up Socks!

Knit-Alongs
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Okay, I know there are people other than Angelia and me that are afraid of toe-up and socks and want to try them anyway.
Has anyone found a pattern with a decent diagram of the frighting cast-on?

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Hi–

There is this (have not tried yet): http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter02/FEATtiptoptoes.html

last night I tried the Turkish cast on (because I’m making a handbag) - the method was in Vogue Fall 2005 and it looks like it’ll make a great toe too. It might be one of the methods above in Knitty, but I haven’t read thru it well enough - I just found it. Ah, here ya go - Turkish Cast On: http://fluffyknitterdeb.blogspot.com/2005/10/knitting-made-easier-turkish-cast-on.html

Carol
let me know here if you find anything else

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I would like to do this. I have the yarn now, but I will have to wait till I come back from vacation.

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wiseneedle.com has a good toe up pattern, the cast on doesn’t intimidate me, and it’s easy and SO cool once you have the hang of it

http://www.wiseneedle.com/patternpage.asp?pattern=knitpatksox

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Ooh, I may have to try this. I am not a sock person, but I have some sock yarn that I have a strange urge to use.

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That Turkish cast on and the explanations of the figure 8 look so much easier than what I was trying to do over the Christmas break :rollseyes: I’ve got loads of sock yarn and would love to do toe up socks…actually my LYS is doing a toe up sock class I think…

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mmmm…well the Turkish cast on worked wonderfully, altho my purse is turning out smaller than I wanted, but time constraints and laziness are making me not care. :wink: I did it in the car, no problem.

Definitely going into my permanent brain cells for future reference.

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Are you a sock puppet?

I wanna make socks!! I have the yarn, but don’t have time yet…

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I started a sock! I’m using this pattern: http://wendyjohnson.net/blog/sockpattern.htm

I’m using a different gauge though, so I hope I can figure it out!

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I’m planning to use this pattern: http://knit.atypically.net/socks/sports/
I’m going to get needles today and I already have my wonderful RIT brown and orange yarn. :twisted:
Mer, I was looking at directions for that toe on knitty and it made my head hurt. :shock: I can’t wait to see your toe done! :cheering:

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Cate, I just followed the directions in the pattern I linked to, and it worked pretty well. I misunderstood it at first, but if you have done short-rows before, that’s all it is.

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My pattern has a figure eight cast on…After three tries, it’s still not working for me. :rollseyes: I don’t think I’ve ever done short rows.
I think I’m going to cheat and try the “easy toe” I found on knitty. It’ll look the same as the figure eight.
Progress pictures? :smiley:

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FANTASTIC!

I have to say, I’m not a huge fan of the short row cast on, so the Easy Toe (which is also described in the Sensational knitted Socks book) looks like a GREAT alternative.

Will have to give them a go when I do some toe up socks for DH… :smiley:

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I started a pair of Toe Up socks two weeks ago. I used Lucia’s Sockulator II (her blog is found here http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/ and you find the pattern generator under one of the menues)

The great thing about this Sockulator is that you take your own measurements, insert the numbers and get a pattern calculated for you. It has clear instructions and links to tutorials (or articles as she calls them) for help.

I’ve made one and a half sock now. Hope to have the second one finished this weekend!

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I am just starting to work on the Knit Picks Toe Up two socks at once http://www.knitpicks.com/projects/itemid_50417220/projects_display_yarn.aspx
Which honestly looks fairly simple.
I’ll update y’all about how it’s going. :happydance: :happydance:

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Turned the heel! :cheering: :cheering: :cheering:

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yeay! :cheering: :cheering: :thumbsup:

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I finished one sock! I have to recommend that you bind off very very loosely for toe-up socks!!! I had to re-do my bind-off 3 times before I could get it on my foot. It actually ended up a little loose on the foot part, but otherwise fits fine! I’ll try to post a pic tomorrow. :smiley:

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Yay, Mer! I can’t wait for pictures!
I frogged my cast on like four times and had to take a break from it. :rollseyes: A girl in a couple of my classes told me if I couldn’t get it, she could help me. She even asked me if my yarn was from Knit Picks!

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Here’s sock number one! I wish my feet weren’t so big–it seemed like it took a long time. :rollseyes: Any one else done any toe-ups yet?