Toe Up Spiral Sock Toe // Technique Tuesday
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
- This video demonstrates the toe up version of the spiral sock toe, sometimes referred to as a star toe or round toe (other sock toes go by those names, as well). This toe starts with a closed cast on, such as Judy's Magic CO (figure-8 or Turkish CO can be used, instead). It has 4 increases, evenly distributed, in each increase round, which forms the spiral. The video provides an overview of the construction, a demonstration of the process, including how to read your knitting for visual clues to determine when/whether to increase, as well as how to fix a common mistake.
Techniques mentioned/used in this video
CLOSED CAST ON METHODS
Judy's Magic Cast On • Judy's Magic Cast On
Turkish CO • Turkish Cast On
Figure-8 CO • Figure-8 Cast On
METHODS FOR WORKING SMALL CIRCUMFERENCES IN THE ROUND
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Needles used in video demonstration: Chiaogoo 32'' Red Lace Circular Needles
Yarn used in video demonstration: Regia 6-ply Solids
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0:00 Introduction
0:40 Construction Overview
1:49 Demonstration/Getting Started
5:22 Second Increase Round
6:48 Third Increase Round
8:37 Switch to Alternating Incs with Plain Rounds
9:16 Reading Your Knitting in Increase Rounds
10:10 Distinguishing Increase Rounds from Plain Rounds
10:42 Finishing the Toe
11:14 Fixing missed increases
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I love your videos, both the Technique Tuesdays and the Casual Fridays. I really appreciate that you have a brief but still comprehensive introduction that gives me a clear roadmap of what you will cover in the video. Thank you.
Hi Roxanne greetings from the West Coast area. Love to see these variations and work them! I notice you sometimes use a thicker yarn when demonstrating and I think this is a great idea when learning how and what to read when knitting. I have been knitting for just over 5 years now, off and on, and I remember making my first pair of socks. Heel flap gusset I believe and the trouble I had actually seeing a stitch let alone knit and count it! I think having a good lighting set up is super important also learning when to put your knitting away so you can sleep!!! Over the years I have learned how to count and spot a stitch and I think this is fun to do!! There are many techniques I have not tried yet and am excited to move forward here thanks for you attention to detail and your explanations using math and charts!!
I especially like this method due to my abnormally long second toe! My socks don’t wear out as easily! Thank you!
Hello from the netherlands, I love your video en the very clear explanations!! Wenn I struggle with something I search in your video’s or in the video’s of Suzanne Bryan. You are both great knitting. Wenn I knit socks, I knit them toe up, but I tryed very hard so much times for casting on with the methods you mentioned. Sorry I can’t work with it. There is nothing wrong with it, but by me is becomes a mess. But I’m very happy that I found the little film for closed cast on from Maggie knits!! That is so very easy, you don’t have a loose thread but stiches. I hope this is some use to someone.
Thank you so much, can't wait to try this
Thank you so much for this. I find your tutorials so clear.
Wonderful Roxanne! Happy Thanksgiving!
Downloading to watch while we drive to spend the holiday with family. I’m sure I’ll enjoy the video - And find it informative and helpful as always ! Hope you have a blessed and Happy Thanksgiving!!! 🦃🍽🦃
This is excellent. Thanks for your great tutorials. I could see this working well for making some shapes in toys/animals as well.
Downloaded to save thanks 🙏🏽
This video is a little late for my latest sock project. Looking forward to using this technique. As usual, thank you so much for your lessons.
Just what I wanted to see : ) many thanks for your clear instruction!
You are welcome!
I'm now trying out these toes. One sock already knitted that way (except for the heel, which I'll make afterwards), the other toe just started. Judy's cast-on was new to me, it works fine!
I am glad I learned 'reading your knitting' at a very young age. Stitch-markers only came into my life last year. In all of those years before the only thing I sometimes used was a piece of (different colour) yarn to mark the beginning/end of the rows (weaving it through the knitting work). I don't remember who taught me that, it must have been the traditional way (in Europe) before the 'invention' of stitch-markers.
This is all new to me. I certainly have a lot to learn about knitting. Going to look at your other tutorials for some help. Thank you
There is an infinite amount that *can* be learned about knitting, if you want. After 35 years, I rely on always learning something new, nearly every day, to keep me interested!
I love your clear explanations. This is a very interesting technique. There are so many ways to knit a toe. Which is your favorite?
I still marvel at the way you explain things making them very clear and easy to understand. You really are teaching us to read the knitting and correct when needed. Thanks !
I will sure try these toes if I knit for someone with pointy toes, I might also choose to try for myself as well to check the fit on my feet and explore somthing new.
I'm just trying to anticipate the inevitable questions! :-) I think these toes work for a wide range of toe shapes. Might want to lengthen for very long toes, by adding additional plain rounds as you near your final stitch count.
Çok güzel very good
Hi, Roxanne is this kind of toe-up technic is the best for someone who makes wholes in her socks because she has a big long toe 🙂 Thank you
Hello!
Great video and I love the look of this toe! I do have a question about it. I have a pretty wide foot so never decrease down to as few stitches as it typically suggested (or if toe up tend to start with considerably more stitches). If using this toe in a toe up fashion do you think it would still work if starting with more stitches?
This is a toe that is very rounded, and not one that ends with a horizontal span of sts. If your foot is wide compared to the length of your toes, you can adjust the length of the toe for a better fit. I discussed this in the cuff down version of this toe, and explained how and why you might want to do it. I don't *think* you'd need to change the number of sts you start with, but you might want to change the rate of the increases, working more rounds without plain rounds, in order to more quickly end up at the full circumference needed.
@@RoxanneRichardson Thanks! I hadn't watched the cuff down one. I will do so.
What about the pin hole cast on? Thanks!
You could use that, if you prefer!
I liked this tutorial. I am knitting Arne and Carlos mystery Christmas sock. I’ve never done toe up socks. In their pattern they use dpns. Their increases are knit 4 make one knit one (example). Can I use this increase using 2 circular needles?
If the instructions are presented for the round as a whole, then it doesn't matter what needles you're using, you just follow the instructions for the round. If they're using a specific number of dpns, and are giving you dpn-by-dpn instructions, then you may need to place markers on the circs to indicate where the dpn separation would be, e.g. if they're using 5 dpns, then you'd put a marker at the halfway point of each circ. If they're using 4 dpns, then one circ represents the dpns holding the instep and the other represents the 2 holding the sole sts.
Thank you for replying so quickly. This helps so much.@@RoxanneRichardson
As you probably know there is a jog where the stocking starts and stops. I was hoping to have this jog on the foot. What are the pros and cons of taking 18 stitches from one circ and 18 from the other to have the jog on the foot rather than the side. I would have to cut the yarn to begin at the beginning of the heel which I would do. It is stranded color work which has 4 repeats. The directions as written are for 5 dpns.@@RoxanneRichardson
I figured this out! I must be smarter about socks from watching your excellant videos.@@RoxanneRichardson
Sorry....the little film is from: aggieknits (toe up sock - easy cast on)
My toes are almost straight across at the tips. My 4th and 5th toes are about 1/4" shorter than the toe next to them. Would I want to make more of the increases on every round to have a better fit for my socks? Thanks!
Toes that spread the increases evenly within the round conform pretty well to most feet. If you need to change the rate of increasing, it'll probably be that you would need to add more plain rounds between increase rounds for the second half of the toe. You might want to compare the standard method to an altered method to see whether eliminating plain rounds in the first half or increasing plain rounds in the second half works best for your feet.
@@RoxanneRichardson Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure I understand your logic - if my toes are straight across, wouldn't I want a less pointy toe? seems to me that having more plain rounds between increase rounds would make the toe more pointy. What am I not getting here?
@@sandeleh As I said, it's worth trying out your idea, and comparing it to the other possibilities, in order to find the solution that works best for you and your feet.
Do you prefer toe up socks 🧦 or leg down ?
When I first learned to knit socks, there wasn't a whole lot of information about making modifications for toe up construction (I have fit issues at the heel), so I became a strictly cuff-down sock knitter. There are a lot more construction options (heels and toes) for toe up these days, than there used to be, plus I know a lot more about how knitting works (and how sock fit works), so I am slowly learning to appreciate toe-up socks, although I still prefer cuff down. Every knitter has reasons (that apply to them, specifically) about what they prefer, and why, not just for direction of construction, but for the tools they use. It's wonderful to have choices, so that we can choose the combination of tools and construction that suits us, which maximizes our knitting enjoyment. :-)
@@RoxanneRichardson how long ago were the first pair of socks 🧦 you made ? I like your reply thank you 😊 RR 🥰