Another pair using the last bit of yarn from a skein. My friend went to Australia and sent me the colorful yarn. It’s Patons Australia Patonyle Artistry in the Sunrise Mix color way. The contrasting toes and heels are Madelinetosh Twist Light in the Ghost color way.

The socks include elements from a few patterns. The toe up construction and ribbing are from the Time Traveler sock pattern. The mini-gusset on the instep is from the Up & Down Vanilla Swirl sock pattern. The shadow wrap heel is what I learned from Earth Tones Girl on YouTube. I continued the ribbing up the legs of the socks and bound off in pattern.

On to the next pair!

I started making a pair of vanilla socks thinking that a busy, showstopper yarn warrants a simple pattern, but I’m not quite sure I vibe with them as they are.

I’ve tried making Hermione socks with a similarly “fast paced” variegated yarn and ended up frogging those since it looked really choppy and odd.

Any pattern suggestions? Or am I thinking way too hard about this and should just continue?

Current WIP: Drops Garnet Glow socks in Loops and Threads Delicate DK. These will be for my oldest daughter for the holidays. This is my first time doing a diamond heel. Not sure how I feel about it. It seems like the front of the sock will be bunchy on the shin. What has been your experience with diamond heels? Also can’t get over how much this yarn looks like a sunset 😍

So I'm having a problem that only when I knit socks my tension is extremely tight. Like I was working on the Stoneknit sock, and I had to use two sizes up needles just to make them big enough to fit my feet. I'm not sure how to loosen my tension since it's only when I knit socks. Should I just continue using larger needles or try to figure out my tension problem?

No pattern. Personal recipe. Yarn is Knit Picks Felici in Silent Movie.

Socks for a friend based on Midwest Nice Socks by Sock Witchery but I didn't take the pattern down the foot. The yarn is unknown origin and fibre from a charity shop. Not sure the pattern and the yarn are a match made in heaven but kind of works.

Does anyone use sock knitting machines to create the tubes? I looked online and its either the 48 needle ones that are reasonable(ish) or the ones with 64 (which matches hand knitting) that are in the thousands.... is there anything that isnt thousands of dollars and can make adult socks?

I’m making a pair of socks in the style of the Crackerjack Socks, where each row represents a game played by a baseball team. These are a gift for a long-distance friend who is a different size than me, so trying on is not an option.

I’m quickly realizing these are going to be taller than I expected (probably 7-8” in the leg before adding the cuff). Do I need to add increases as the socks get taller, to account for the calf? Or am I overthinking this?

Thank you u/Swimming_Juice_9752 for posting about this pattern. I've just finished a pair in Rowan Sock, Coral and doubled the leg length to make them knee highs. I also added an inch to the cuffs in case I need to add garters to stop them slipping down.

I enjoy wearing knee highs as if you are going to knit a fancy pants pattern, you may as well go big.

The pattern appeals to me as my great great grandfather was a master mariner in the Channel Islands.

Hi, I just finished knitting the leg of this sock and the pattern says for the heel:

”Row 1: Knit heel stitches, slip last knitted stitch to instep needle, turn.”

I am knitting magic loop, so my stitches are divided in half. Does slipping the stitch to the instep needle mean like, physically moving it around to the other side of the cord where the instep stitches are?

I'm fairly new to knitting socks, just finished my first pair. And I wanted to start a new one and found a really beautiful skein for my new project.

Unfortunately I just don't understand how you substitute different yarn weight?

I tried to find a pattern that fitted my skein but couldn't find one to my liking so I chose one with a different kind of yarn. But no matter how many articles I read or yt videos I watch I don't understand the concept of altering the pattern to fit to your yarn weight.

So if anyone has any advice or better explanation I would be forever grateful.

For example: I wanted to use this pattern for a size 41-43: https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=12632&cid=19

They use a group B yarn, 50g and rougly 110m. Their swatch would be 21 x 28 rows

And my yarn is a lot thinner: 100g and 400m, with 30 x 25 rows for a swatch

I tried to calculate it and came to the conclusion that I needed to cast 80 stitches on instead of 60 but it seems way too big and now I'm just lost.

I'm on a mission to make the softest socks possible, and I'd love some suggestions for what yarns you'd consider for this project.

I'm interested in having them be sturdy, so ideally some nylon included. But I'm willing to sacrifice some longevity for softness.

Thanks for any suggestions!

I’m looking for some help! Right now I’m working on a toe-up sock. There’s not a pattern per se, I’m just knitting with a formula. But my friend tried to show me how to do a heel turn involving wrapped stitches and I really struggled with it because I found it challenging to find the wrap.

When I did a cuff down the pattern used slip stitches at the end of each row, alternating which side it was on. Then you picked up through the holes at the edges of the rows as you went around after finishing the heel flap. But I’m not sure there’s a comparable technique in the toe-up variety.

Does anyone have heel turn technique suggestions for avoiding the wrapped stitches?

In the progress of knitting my first basic sock (Bendigo Woollen Mills Everyday Sock Pattern free)

Wanted to know if anyone had any more advanced patterns (like with colourwork, ribbing or other designs) they can reccomend, ideally from Australia (I've found it very hard to find appropriate gauge yarn needed in international pattern that i can buy in Aus)

Regarding the laddering, initially I had terrible laddering, I watched some YouTube videos that reccomended keeping the two DPNs very close as well as tightening the 2nd and 3rd stitches. This has helped quite alot, although there is still some laddering visible.

Does anyone have any advice they can give me on what I may be still doing wrong or anything else I can do to prevent this ladder?

Thank you!

This is the slip it simple pattern in drops fabel wheat and unicorn party and is now firmly one of my favourite pairs I've made!

My first time using fabel and my first time using self striping yarn and I'm really impressed with the quality of the yarn considering how affordable it is. These have been worn and washed a couple of times and have zero pilling

Tried to match the stripes but they still turned out like sisters not twins 🤷🏻

seeking some help from the sock doctors 😭🙏🏻

I’m knitting socks for the first time, as well as knitting in the round for the first time as well, and I made a mistake with my heel flap.

The pattern is Vanilla Socks in Worsted Weight by BlueMouseKnits and I have just began the heel flap. This is the pattern I have to follow for the heel flap:

Row 1: SL1P wyib, K1, repeat from\*
Row 2: SL1P wyif, purl across
Row 3: SL2PW wyib K1 SL1PW wyib, repeat from to last 2 stitches, K2
Row 4: SL1P wyif, purl acros

I’m on row 4 (wrong side) I slipped the first stitch purl wise and then started to purl. On my very first purl I have messed it up. My yarn was in front but I definitely just fudged up the technique.

It produced a loop, that I put back on my left needle. Now my working yarn is on the 3rd stitch of my left needle. I am supposed to have 16 stitches on my left needle for the heel flap, but I have 17.

Is there any way to fix this? Or would it be best to frog my heel flap and start it over?

Any help would be appreciated!!

Just came here to post my first pair of socks! After trial and error attempting to learn through YouTube videos I finally signed up for a basic sock knitting class at my LYS! These were originally for a friend, but given that it was my first pair, there was a bit of a learning curve! I decided to keep these for myself and make her a matching pair now that I’m a little more experienced!

Pattern is Vanilla Socks on 9” circulars by CrazySockLady
Yarn is Friends Sock Yarn from Hobbii

Let me know if yall have any fun tips and tricks I should know about! Especially on creating a more rounded toe.

I’d used DPNs before and wasn’t a huge fan. Picked up a 9” circular before after trip last week and I’m in love! We’ll see how the heel and toe goes (I brought a long cable for magic loop), but I think I may have found the key to making more socks!

Pattern: Hermione’s Everyday Sock
Yarn: Patton Kroy Socks FX in Clover Colors
Needles: Chiaogoo 9”, 2.75 mm

I’m so sorry if this is a stupid question. I’ve been searching all over the internet and can’t find a straight answer, and I’m starting to get stressed.

I’m knitting a test heel for my first sock, and the heel flap instructions state to repeat the pattern to 6cm. However, I then have to pick up 16 stitches. If you have to pick up 1 stitch per slipped stitch, then it implies that 6 cm = 32 stitches.

The problem is that my row gauge is a bit tight, and I’m going to have 38 stitches to 6 cm. I also suspect I’ll have to try a longer heel flap anyway, because I have high arches.

Can I just knit a few extra gusset decrease repeats, or am I going to have to do maths to accommodate it? I hardly ever start knitting fitted things because gauge is the bane of my life. I never meet it. I really appreciate any advice. I just want to be able to knit a decent sock.

UPDATE: the instep needed to be bigger than leg circonstance. Thank you!

Hi all, I am making the Snow Under Cedars socks and am at the heel turn. The heel flap is made of vertical stripes in 2 alternating colors.

However now that I am turning the heel, I don't know which color of yarn to use when p2tog or SSK on the shaping decreases in order to maintain the striped pattern; the directions don't specify to use MC or CC.

I searched through project notes but no luck. The designer has sadly passed away. Has anyone encountered this issue with vertically striped heels, and what do you do? Thanks so much in advance.

Hey all.

I would like to try knitting with 2 sets of circs. rather than DPNs. It's a new concept to me.

Would 4 - or 5-inch interchangeable tips be better for this? I prefer Chiaogoo tips.

I’m a newer sock knitter and was wondering if it is possible to combine two heel constructions. I like the look at durability of the slip stitch heel, but my favourite heel turn has been the German short row so there are no stitches to pick up. Is it possible to combine these two heel options?

I’ve bought some on Temu but they were super small, I wanna buy new ones but idk which ones, can somebody help me pls