Closeup of the seam...Sew-As-You-Go Single Bed Sock
By Diana Sullivan
© Diana L. Sullivan All Rights Reserved
Click here for the instructional video
Yarn: Use a good quality sock weight yarn.
Gauge: 8 stitches and 9.25 rows to an inch, or 34 sts and 38 rows to 4” (10 centimenters) I was using tension 6.2 on my machine to get the gauge, but you need the tension setting that gives you the gauge on your machine with your yarn.
Machine: Any standard gauge Japanese flat bed knitting machine, no ribber required
Mock Rib Hem
Tension 3 tensions tighter than garment tension.
Arrange needles for a 2 x 1 mock ribbing arrangement from needle #L16 through needle #R16. That is, put two needles into working position, and leave one back, across those needles. Knit a few rows of waste yarn and a row with ravel cord.
Change to main yarn and knit 20 rows. Pick up the hem, filling in the empty needles. All the needles are in work now, 32 sts.
Back of Ankle
Turn to the regular tension, which gives the gauge for the sock. Knit 20 rows.
Back of Heel
Short row shaping – decrease one stitch at the beginning of every row until only 11 stitches remain in work. Wrapping to prevent a hole (see the video), increase 1 stitch every row until all stitches are in work again.
Bottom of Foot
Knit 40 rows.
Toe
Short row shaping, just like heel. Decrease one stitch at the beginning of every row until only 11 stitches remain in work. Wrapping to prevent a hole (see the video), increase 1 stitch every row until all stitches are in work again.
Top of Foot and Front of Ankle
Knit, doing sew-as-you-go pickup of 1 loop on side opposite carriage every row. Watch the video to see exactly how to do the sew-as-you-go join. Knit until you are all the way back to the mock rib hem.
Final Mock Rib Hem (Ankle front)
Following the video, sew off every third stitch onto a piece of waste yarn. Move those unused needles out of work. Turn the tension to the tighter tension for the mock rib hem. Knit 20 rows. Pick up the stitches from the waste yarn and put them on the out of work needles. Pick up the remaining stitches. Cut the yarn and sew the hem off as shown in the video, OR cast off.
© 2010 Diana L. Sullivan All Rights Reserved
So, if we wanted a taller ankle sock, just knit more rows?
ReplyDeleteIf you knit a longer ankle, you will probably want some ribbing. You could latch up a ribbed cuff.
ReplyDeleteI am also left handed as Diana is and I find it
ReplyDeletevery confuseing to short row and also to reverse the sock as the instructions say.
I wish there was simply instructions that repeat
the method to remember where I am , and also how to back out to get all the stitches out of the hold position. Most patterns just say to back out.
Thank you for this tutorial! I had done last year and I will again this year! I love these socks seamlessly!
ReplyDeleteI am finding 40 rows is a childs sock. Should I be increasing to 50 rows?
ReplyDeleteYou need to check your gauge, of course. You can do the math - measure that section of a sock that fits you, figure out your gauge per inch, and multiply to get how many hors.
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