How to Knit and Modify a Wedge Sock Toe // Technique Tuesday
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- Опубліковано 12 лип 2024
- This video demonstrates how to knit the commonly-used wedge sock toe, and then explains how to modify the toe in order to change the length for a custom fit.
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Introduction 0:00
Overview of what a wedge toe is and how it's constructed: 0:19
Setting up for the wedge toe: 2:07
Working the decrease round: 3:21
How to tell if a decrease or plain round is next: 5:06
How does the wedge shape conform to a human foot: 6:13
Modifying the wedge toe for custom fit: 7:29
How many rounds long will the toe be: 11:11
Planning the decrease and plain rounds: 11:44
Finishing the wedge toe: 16:05
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LOVE LOVE LOVE this...in my saved videos! Extra nice explanation of SSK at 3:35, figuring out where you left off if interrupted, and calculating toe length with decreases on a simple sketched chart.... SO CLEAR!
Love your "toe decreases calculator chart". Absolutely simple but brilliant!
Wow! You’re amazing. I found this so interesting and will be using it in future. Thanks again and thank you for all your educational videos, I couldn’t do this without you :)
Very interesting! Thank you for showing your graft - I finally ‘got it’ then for the thin longer toe decrease.
You're amazing by giving us this! I was looking for a very long time for this explanation! Fantastic! Thank you very much!
I always just do the same wedge toes. Now that I see it written out I can try something new. Thank you so much. Very helpful.
When following patterns blindly, I've had some amazing-fitting wedge toes and some terrible-fitting ones -- now I understand why and I will finally be able to make toes that better suit my weird feet! This all feels like stuff I should have been able to calculate, but I didn't really understand it or know about how to distribute plain vs decreasing rounds; you make it so clear and easy. I believe I can now even plan an asymmetrical wedge toe (decreasing just at the left or right side to begin with) with your same method of planning decreases, which would be best of all for me. So thank you!
Wonderful! It was my hope that the video would help make the process of customizing fit easier. :-)
You really have to LOVE somebody to knit them a custom sock!
Thank you so much for this technical tutorial. It it nice to know how to knit after personal measurements.
You are a great teacher..
Very very useful information on how to adapt to different toe shapes and lengths. Shall keep this video so I can refer to it again and again until it is memorised. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much for explaining this for knitting and measuring for your sock toes. I am new at knitting and am just finishing my second pair. I will definitely use this for reference especially for people who can't try on the socks. :)
You are fantastic! Such clear explanations! Thank you!
Thanks for this. Really clear instruction.
What a clever way to work out custom toe shaping. I plan to do it just that way when I get there in the KAL. Your videos are so helpful. Thank you for all your hard work.
Thank you! Going to try this toe out on my current socks, never liked the wedge toe always too long for me as I need a larger circumference but not long toes! Great!
Just great information; now have a much better understanding and have solved the mystery of why the 2" toe doesn't work well for my foot. So big thanks!
Rox, I'm just such a huge fan!! "Thanks, mom for my weird pinky toe" LOL My pinky is the opposite, it pokes waaaay out, so rounded sock toes fit the best.
Brilliant
I like your skills 😍👌👍
Love your video. Very clear explanation! So I have a question. I am knitting a tie up sock. I am already half way done. Next time, can I use this in toe up too?
I have a toe-up wedge toe video, as well. You can find it in the Socks playlist or the Sock Toes playlist.
Good video! Do you use a computer program to figure that out, or just figure it out manually, the way that you show here? Definitely a "watch many times" video. Thank you.
I usually do it in a spreadsheet, since I have the rest of the project tracked in the spreadsheet, anyway.
@@RoxanneRichardson Oops, sorry! I forgot to ask my second question. Do you use a "jogless" method when using self-striping, or self-patterning yarn? (I think that's the only other question that I had. Thanks.) :))
thiis so great, except that I always knit toe up ... could you do a toe up version or give the math savvy as to how to apply this in reverse ... I have been knitting socks for over a year now and I keep experimenting looking for a formula, so far I hve no two socks that match and only one toe that doesn't make me cringe when I look at the strange shape. I really only like rounded toe and so far I have not come up with a tried and true strategy. Thanx for your knitting intelligence and delightful presentations.
Love how you showed the toe decrease on a top down sock. Do you have a video on toe up sock? Is their a work sheet to do the socks? Thank you so much for all your help.
The August Sock KAL is the closest thing to a worksheet. www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/august-sock-kal It's a guide through measuring your feet/legs for socks, finding where you might have fit issues, and then offering options at different points in the sock for heels, heel turns, toes, etc., and information on modifying those options, based on your measurements/fit issues.
@@RoxanneRichardson Wow! Roxanne, I'm always so impressed with your diligence in studying, learning, & then teaching all of that to us, your students. You do, actually, raise the level of knitting theory almost to the level of "rocket science". We are just the grateful recipients of it all.🙂🥢🧶
This video really helped me out in calculating the decrease rounds and how many plain rows to insert between decreases! I was wondering if the calculations you did for the planning of the longer wedge toe could also apply to a 1.75" toe with a larger row gauge? I have 60 stitches and a 22 row gauge when I measured 1.75" from the leg of my sock, and wondering if I will be able to reach approximately 1.75" if I inserted plain rows until my last decrease round like in the longer 2.5" toe you showed?
It's the same idea, regardless of stitch count and row gauge. The "standard" way to knit the toe is to work a plain round after every decrease round (except for the final dec round). Add or remove plain rounds as needed, to get the toe length you need.
@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you so much for your help!
Hi Roxanne, I am new to knitting socks and have just finish the first sock of my first pair in self striping yarn, how fun! However I have a dilemma, I have very point toes, a long big toe and almost a straight diagonal to my little toe. Is there a better toe pattern for this so I won't feel like my big toe to piercing the end of my sock? Thank you
Try the long round toe. You can find it in my playlist of sock toe videos. Regardless of the type of toe you knit, you may need to adjust the length of the toe by changing the rate of decreasing so that you get the best fit.
5 stars Rox! Elegantly done tutorial. Love your "warning" us that you're going to show us your bare foot! So shocking! (Giggle). BTW, I have the same shape/proportioned little toes. Maybe we're related! j/k
I used also your heel method
This is great. I'm a new knitter and been crocheting over 30 years. So the number of rounds needed is determined by your gauge and this differs by person, yarn and needle. Is this right. I can make socks for the same person but if I use different yarn and needle, the number of rows with change.
The wedge toe formula assumes a particular st:row ratio, which is going to work most of the time, assuming you need a toe length that is 25% of the sock circumference. (This would be the mythical "average" person.). Row gauge can vary, though, by yarn and by knitter, which could result in a toe that's not the length you expected. Plus, there are those varying shaped feet!
@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you! I can't believe I'm understanding this! Still have ways to go and this is so helpful.
Hi Rox, it's me again! I'm looking forward to do your KAL, just knew about it this week and I'm solving some problems with my paypal account, hope that until this weekend it's solved. Well, let me ask you, at 7:14 you show your grafting ending right in the middle of your second toe. How can I avoid this and make the graft end next to it, between the second and the third toe? Should I end with more than 1/3 of my original stitch count or should I put more plain rounds in the beginning of the toe and end up with some decrease rounds not followed by plain rounds? Thanks again and, as always, I just love your videos!
If you want the graft to be wider, then you have to have more sts in your graft, which means you will decrease fewer sts. You still need the same number of rounds to work the toe, so you will need more plain rounds to make up for the loss of dec rnds.
@@RoxanneRichardson oh, I see, that makes sense. Thank you so much!
So, if you have bunions (pretty clear ones), when would you start the decreases? Where the bunion “ends” at the toes, or where the indent ends, so to speak?
It probably doesn't make a whole lot of difference! The sock has to stretch to fit around the larger circumference of the foot up near the ankle, so it can stretch around the bunion, as well. You have two good ideas for how to approach it. I would try one sock each way (wait to graft the toes closed), and then try both on to see which you prefer. You can then take out the toe you don't like as much and knit it to match the one you do like.
@@RoxanneRichardson thanks! I’ll try that :)
Hi
Ur videos are amazing n all of them... so m knitting my first pair of socks n have knit till 2 rounds beyond the gusset n have followed ur other videos till now....I hav measured my husband’s foot n his ankle is narrower than 90% of the ball of foot, so that decided my leg sts but now that m on to the foot, I am confused where to put my BOR marker..wen I turned the heel, I didn’t reduce all the picked up sts but stopped wen the number matched the sts required for the ball of foot and that makes the instep and sole of foot having different number of sts....I hope m able to explain this clearly.... so now my problem is that the toe decreases need equal number of sts on the instep n the sole right? So how do I do it or do I just randomly select the half number of sts around the foot circumference n place my markers..? Thank u so much for such detailed n scientific videos :)
Where is your BOR marker now? Is it at the center of the sole? Or at the start of the instep? You want the toe centered across the instep and sole, so that the decreases are at the sides. If you have more sts on the sole than the instep, then move sts from *each end* of the sole to the instep, until the stitch count is balanced.
@@RoxanneRichardson thnx for the reply..
Yes the BOR is presently at the sole
Wen u say move sts from sole to instep, u just mean shift the markers so that both the instep n sole have equal sts right?
@@RoxanneRichardson and incidentally that is also what I had decided to do since that is the only way to keep the number of desired sts n have a cantering :)
@@salonia83 Well, if you have markers dividing the instep from the sole, then yes. I divide up my sts on different needles, so I know which ones are sole vs instep because of what needle they're on, and I move sts from one needle to another to even out the distribution. If you are using markers to keep track, then move the markers. The point is to move them at both sides of the sock so that the toe will be aligned correctly with the heel.
@@RoxanneRichardson thnx
Will do this :)
I knit on circulars, hence using markers...
Also will make a split tie since we in India wear thong slippers, so will be dividing out the grt toe while making the toe...will definitely update the finished sock :)
Thanx for all the help
Does this technic apply for toe up socks as well?
Well, the *math* applies, in terms of figuring out the shaping rate and toe length. Obviously, you'd reverse the shaping, using increases.
If you have 64 stitches should you always decrease to 20 before grafting? I've found every pattern I've used so far has been completely different. One says 16 should be left, 8, 24, 28. I have no idea how many I'm supposed to have left as a rough guide
There's rarely an "always" in knitting. The point is to find what works well for you and gives you the best fit. Your toes might be long, with a steep angle, or long and all nearly the same length. Or they might be short and all the same length, or medium length with a medium angle. The designer is likely using the method that gives him/herself the best fit. Measure your foot and determine how long the sock toe needs to be. If it needs to be longer than it takes to decrease every other round down to the standard formula of 1/3 of the original stitch count, keep decreasing every other round until the sock is the correct length for your foot. On the other sock, try adding length by increasing plain rounds between decrease rounds to give you the correct length, decreasing down to the formulaic 1/3 of the sts. Compare the fit. Do you like one better than the other? If so, use that knowledge to knit socks going forward (and perhaps rip out the sock toe that doesn't fit as well and knit it to match the one that does fit well). If you find no difference in the fit, then choose the decrease rate/method that is easiest for you to remember. You may even find that you like a combination of increasing length with a few plain rounds while decreasing the stitch count down to something slightly less than 1/3.
OMG we have the same feet! hahaha!
It seems to me that nearly everyone's big toe ends at either the right or left of their foot, yet all sock patterns assume the big toe ends dead center of the foot. If a sock is truly custom fit, it seems that the left and right decreases wouldn't necessarily be mirrored.
That depends on your foot shape. I showed in the video how the two lines of decreases ride along different surfaces (one along the side of the great toe, and the other across the top of the smaller toes). For my foot shape, it works really well. For other foot shapes, it may not, which is where customizing comes in. You select the toe type and the method of decreasing that is best suited for that individual.
@@RoxanneRichardson Got it! Thanks!
Lol nice feet
Just seeing this now, it’s so helpful. Thanks Roxanne. 🧶 “Gonna show you my bare foot, just a warning.” Always entertaining.