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Watching The US Open

Watching The US Open


So over the next couple of days I'm taking a few days off due to the fact that quite unexpectedly I found that I could watch the US Open. I was SO excited to have accidentally stumble across the Open on SBS. I always get to watch some of Wimbledon and the Australian Open as I just love watching tennis. I have never been able to watch the US Open and when I accidentally came across the tennis on SBS well that was it for me, everything gets put on hold.

US Open 
Sorry the photo is a bit blurred. And as you can see from the photo below the yarn for the second sock is still waiting to be cast on. So all going well I will be casting on for the second sock on Monday or Tuesday. This time around I also hope to video the steps and make it easier to follow along.

Yarn for the second sock
So to all the knitters out there have a good weekend, to all the tennis lovers enjoy your weekend of watching tennis. I will see you in the new week with my sock cast on.

Happy Knitting
Sharyn


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Our First Pair Of Socks - Part 5

Our First Pair Of Socks - Part 5


For today's post I'm talking about finishing the toes. You decrease the same way as the gusset decreasing and the only difference is that you decrease in more spots.

Needle 1: Knit to last 3 stitches, then knit 2 together, knit 1.
Needle 2: Knit 1, ssk, then knit all those stitches on that needle.
Needle 3: Knit to last 3 stitches, then knit 2 together, knit 1.
Needle 4: Knit 1, ssk, then knit to end.

That is your decrease round. The next row is just knit, these 2 rows are your rows for decreasing the toes. Then you basically just keep decreasing like this until you have 6 stitches on each needle, a total of 24 stitches. You then need to move some of your stitches so that they are on 2 needles. You want it to be flat so that you have a heel side and an instep side. The last step is to use kitchener stitch to graft the toes together and once that is done you have finished your first sock.

See how I've moved my stitches and it's sitting flat. What you are seeing is the sole and heel side of my sock



 Now I just want to talk about two things. Kitchener stitch and the toes on this pair of socks. Now with kitchener stitch I myself really struggle to do this stitch and I can't actually do it the normal way. I always used to get to the last toe stitches and then knit a few rows in waste yarn and then graft from there. Now I have found a YouTube video that knits the stitches off and I can finally do it but I always do it this way. You are left with a bit of a loop at the end but I always pull this through to the inside and I sometimes use the needle to help it through.

Now about the toes on this pair of socks. All my past socks have always been knitted down to 3 stitches on all needles, so you end up with a more pointed toe. Now with this pair you go down to 6 stitches, so it's more of a rounded toe. Since using this pattern I have now decided to make all my future socks with the same type of toe as I like the look of it more.

See how the purple toe is a lot wide

See how the orange toe is pointy and the purple one is more rounded

So that is your first sock done and now you can start casting on for your second sock. Once you have made the second sock you will need to wash and block your socks. We will talk about that when the time comes.

Hope this is helpful. Need help? Contact me.

Happy Knitting
Sharyn
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Weekend Knitting

Weekend Knitting


For today's post I thought I would show you want I'm up to in my knitting over the weekend. It's not my favourite task and the only good thing about it is that I will have a finished pair of socks. I sometimes drag my toes when it comes to the finishing touches of sock knitting and with my current wip I struggled a bit with the whole knitting of this pair of socks. Finally though I can see the end of these and I hope my next pair will come off my needles a lot quicker.

Weekend knitting
So this weekend is going to see me grafting toes of my beginner socks and then sewing in the ends. I'm also hoping to get a post up tomorrow about the toes of our beginner socks as they are slightly different to what I normally knit. I'm interested to see how they fit and look and I may end up knitting them this way from now on. It's going to depend on how they look on the foot. Anyway I will explain more tomorrow once I have done the toes and can get a model.

Beginner sock ready for grafting

So that's my sock knitting for the weekend. What are you up to? Need help? Contact me.

Happy Knitting
Sharyn

Update: Ends are sewn in and toes grafted so I've finally finished and they are almost ready for wearing, just need to wash!

Finished
Just need washing

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Our First Pair Of Socks - Part 4

Our First Pair Of Socks - Part 4


Sorry for being away from our socks but the weather hasn't been in my favour this past week and I like to be able to take photos so you can see what I'm doing. Also I've been trying to finish off hubs socks as well.

So for today's post we will be talking about setting up for the gusset and what happens next. So once we have finished knitting the HEEL TURN we will start picking up stitches along the heel flap. So it says to pick up 16 stitches along the heel flap, I pick up and knit into the back of these stitches. Next you knit the stitches from the next two needles, these stitches are the instep. Then you pick up and knit into the back of the stitches from the other heel edge. You then knit the 9 stitches from turning the heel. So when you finish you should have 82 stitches on your needles. So this is how it should look on needle 1 it will have 25 stitches, on needles 2 and 3 - 16 stitches and on needle 4 - 25 stitches. Once you have the stitches set up you then knit one round and that's the set up for the gusset. The beginning of the round starts in the middle of the heel.
Needle set up for gusset
Rounds start in the middle of the heel 

The next step is to start decreasing stitches so that you get back to the original 64 stitches. It's just a two row repeat and knitting on needle 1 we knit until we come to the last 3 stitches, knit 2 together then knit 1. You then knit across the next 2 needles which are the instep stitches. Then with needle 4 you knit 1 and then ssk and then knit to the end, this is your decrease round. SSK means slip, slip onto the righthand needle (slip your stitches knitwise one at a time) and then take your lefthand needle and put it through these stitches and knit.
Working on needle 1


In our next post we will be looking at how to measure our foot length and then it's a matter of knitting until we get to the toe decreasing.  It's all down hill from now on and it will come together very quick and you will have 1 sock finished and be ready to start knitting it's mate.


Hope this is helpful. Need help? Contact me.

Happy Knitting
Sharyn
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Our First Pair Of Socks - Part 3

Our First Pair Of Socks - Part 3


So for today's post I'm going to continue onto the next step in knitting our socks. We have completed the heel flap, which is worked on just two needles. And once that is finished it's time to turn the heel.
Heel flap
When you finish turning the heel you should end up with 18 stitches and the last row requires you to knit across these stitches. This is so we will be ready to setup our gusset which is the next step.
Heel turned
So this is just a short post today to hopefully show you what your sock should look like. I will be posting in the next couple of days showing you how to setup for the gusset.

I've also decided that when I make its mate I will be doing video's and posting them on Youtube. I'm doing this as I think some people find it easier to look at a video rather than reading and photos. I know I find it easier!

Hope this is helpful. Need help? Contact me.

Happy Knitting
Sharyn
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