Toe-up socks are the next intermediate project after Magic Loop in the KnitFreedom Knitting Superstar series. This fun, portable, and gift-able project is the perfect way to learn and practice the techniques that are going to take you to Knitting Superstardom.
Course content:
Introduction to Toe-Up Socks
- What Is Toe-Up?
- What Is Two-At-A-Time?
- How To Use This Course
Project - Toe-Up, Two-at-a-Time Socks
- Toe-Up Sock Pattern
- Choose Your Materials
- Check Your Gauge in the Round
- Following The Pattern Easily
- Walk-Through Of Pattern
Cast On For Socks and Knit Toe
- Learn Judy’s Magic Cast-On
- Cast On For Both Socks
- Bottom Needle/Back Needle
- Tips for Knitting First Round
- How the Toe Increases Work
- Optional: Easier Increases
- Increasing On Your Socks
- Keeping Track Of Your Increases
Troubleshooting While You Knit
- Keep Balls Of Yarn From Tangling
- Loose Cast-On Row
- Avoiding Gaps at the Sides
- Socks Not Joined On One Side
- Removing Socks to Unravel
Knit the Foot and Heel
- Knit Foot
- Increase for Gusset
- Forgot to Increase
- Turn Heel
- How to Purl Backwards
- Final Heel Decreases
Knit Cuff and Finish Sock
- Knit Cuff
- Work In Rib For 1 Inch
- The Invisible Ribbed Bind-Off
- Weave In Ends And Block
Advanced Toe-Up Socks
- Toe-Up Socks in Other Weights and Sizes
- Textured Stitches in Toe-Up Socks
- Basic Toe-Up Sock Formula
Bonus: Toe-Up Faux-Heel-Flap Socks
- The Faux Heel Flap
- Heel-Flap Sock Pattern Downloads
- Slip-Stitch Heel
- Eye-of-the-Partridge Heel
