Thanks for your clear and concise directions, this is my 1st time trying this star toe and you make the learning painless. The directions printed on screen are also helpful. Thank you
I love your sock discussions. I did your August sock knit-along last summer. Your precise instructions are the tools to make perfectly fitting socks. Did I bother with those details on the pair I just finished for my brother? No. Did these socks fit? No, by a mile. I have dubbed them Big Foot socks. You'd think I would have learned to do as I tell myself I should. I'll be delighted to get your further instruction as it comes out, and next time I promise myself to measure and follow the math. You are the Best!
Thank you for this video. :) I am knitting my second pair of socks and have decided to use this technique. My first pair I used kitchener stitch and wasn't a big fan.
Love this and you explained it very well in fact better then almost any tutorial video you've made. Love your casual fridays. I look forward to them every week.
Thank you for this interesting way to finish top down socks. I just started learning how to knit socks and in order to streamline the process, decided to learn toe up on magic loop. At which time I knit top down I would prefer this method of finishing. Thanks, again. 🙏😇💖🙌🙌🙌😺
So cool! First l thought: Why to purl them? Then l noticed it's a lot easier to see while in procedure and third l could notice it's decorative, too! Thank you, l never would have done it that way! I'll give it a big try, it will be the first time l knit socks cuff down instead of tge up in more than 43 years now! I teach knitting to some teens since a couple of years, c.d. as well as t.u., but l l never have knit myself c.d - socks before! Now l've seen a nice alternateive way! Thanks acain!❤ Be blessed!
Very helpful and clear instructions thank you. My husband and my daughter have very long big toes and I will experiment to find a left and right toe shape to help fit their feet better. This gives me a few ideas! Thank you, hope you're keeping safe and sane 🙂
I tried this toe last night. Size 1 needles, 64 stitches. It was exactly 2 inches, which is perfect for the socks I make. Very comfortable on the toes. I think the purl stitches being on the outside of the sock is a game changer for me. I feel every bump on the inside, and this toe is very comfortable with the purl bumps on the outside! I will definitely use this toe in the future on my socks. It makes a very nice rounded toe also!
Looks like the sock toe that might actually make me try sock knitting! I have a long big toe and I don't want to mess with it; it should have all the room it wants. I've also had a look at your two tutorials on the spiral sock toe, cuff down and toe up. They look very inspiring, too. Which one would you suggest to keep my big toe happy, The Star Toe of Four Points or one of the Spiral Sock Toes? Or some other design altogether?
I have a playlist of videos on sock toes. Several of them explain how to modify the toes based on your toe shape and length. The playlist is here. ua-cam.com/play/PL1AZxTfSCe2f7vsPCQUb-pM5xnzuGuYyI.html (the round toes and wedge toes are ones that I explain modifications for). I also wrote an article for Interweave a couple of years ago that has examples of toe modifications. Although it was published in one of their print magazines, you can read that article online (they split it into two separate posts) www.interweave.com/article/knitting/customize-rounded-sock-toes/ and www.interweave.com/article/knitting/customize-wedge-shaped-sock-toes/
@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you so much for taking the time to give me such a comprehensive reply. I appreciate it. Keep up the good work, Roxanne, there are many who love what you do.
The pattern I have from Lang yarn, does a decrease system that is for a wide range of stitches with no math. I would be happy to give it to you if you are interested. Range from 72 (which I use) down to 50. I knit fine socks with light weight sock yarn and small gauge needles.
I just might try this new-to-me toe technique on my next pair of socks. Is there an alternate way to decrease, such as maybe a knit tbl, that would give the same result but just not "show" so much on the surface? Glad I came across your videos; awesome tips!! Thanks.
Purl decs don't have a lean on the RS of the fabric. If you want to substitute a knit dec, you will probably want to consider the lean of the decreases on each side of the wedge/point. Try it on a swatch and see what you think.
P2tog in the knit side of stockinette doesn't seem to lean either way, can it be used as a neither side decrease the same way kfb is a neither side increase?
The legs of a stitch are what give the visual effect of a lean, which is why a purl decrease doesn't lean. (You can't see the legs!) If you want to use a purl decrease as a decorative effect on the surface of the knit side of stockinette, you could do as you suggest. FYI, a kfb doesn't lean, but you do have to take into consideration where the bump shows up on the face of the fabric when using it for mirrored placement. That is, it always appears to the left of the existing stitch, so the stitch you increase into isn't always the same distance from each edge.
Great tutorial. I had never heard of this method. Do the purl bumps have any functionality? Do you have a tutorial for directional socks i.e. left and right toes?
The function of the decreases is to reduce the stitch count. The placement/type of decreases used is decorative. I have a playlist of all my sock toe videos linked in the end screen at the end of the video. I do not have one for directional toes. Usually, if a specific toe type doesn't fit well, the issue is with the length of the sock toe, relative to the foot wearing it, and the rate of decreases used. Not all feet conform to the standard formula. There are a couple of my sock toe videos that address sock toe length (round toe and wedge toe).
I find the interruptions formed by the purl stitches very annoying to look at. Wouldn't you get the same effect by turning the purls into knits (k2tog or SSK) and end up with a much smoother fabric?
You can substitute any sock toe you like for whatever the pattern calls for. Just make sure you are starting it when the sock is the length it needs to be to accommodate the length of the sock toe you want to use.
The end screen of the video contains a link to the playlist of all my sock toe videos. You can also access the playlist from my channel by clicking on Playlists.
Divide your sts into 4 parts, and follow the *process* shown in the video. The setup round places the initial purl bump in the last stitch of each of the 4 parts. The purl decreases are placed with respect to those. When you get to the p3tog point, you eliminate the plain rounds. The process is the same, regardless of your stitch count, and adjusting for length is the same, as well.
This toe fits me the best of all toes I ever tried. Thank you so much ❤Greetings from Germany 👋🏼👋🏼
Thanks for your clear and concise directions, this is my 1st time trying this star toe and you make the learning painless. The directions printed on screen are also helpful. Thank you
I'm trying this toe today. I have knit 2 socks up to the toe. Thanks for bringing this method to my attention.
I really appreciate all your work on sock toes.
Love this toe, thank you for the clear instructions that make it easy to follow.
You are so welcome!
Such a cool-looking toe! I’m getting ready to knit my first pair of cuff-down socks, and this looks like the one I’ll try🥰
I love your sock discussions. I did your August sock knit-along last summer. Your precise instructions are the tools to make perfectly fitting socks. Did I bother with those details on the pair I just finished for my brother? No. Did these socks fit? No, by a mile. I have dubbed them Big Foot socks. You'd think I would have learned to do as I tell myself I should. I'll be delighted to get your further instruction as it comes out, and next time I promise myself to measure and follow the math. You are the Best!
I am looking forward to giving this a try. It looks decorative and comfortable. Thank you!
Thank you for this video. :) I am knitting my second pair of socks and have decided to use this technique. My first pair I used kitchener stitch and wasn't a big fan.
Love this and you explained it very well in fact better then almost any tutorial video you've made. Love your casual fridays. I look forward to them every week.
Thank you for this interesting way to finish top down socks. I just started learning how to knit socks and in order to streamline the process, decided to learn toe up on magic loop. At which time I knit top down I would prefer this method of finishing. Thanks, again. 🙏😇💖🙌🙌🙌😺
So cool! First l thought: Why to purl them? Then l noticed it's a lot easier to see while in procedure and third l could notice it's decorative, too! Thank you, l never would have done it that way! I'll give it a big try, it will be the first time l knit socks cuff down instead of tge up in more than 43 years now! I teach knitting to some teens since a couple of years, c.d. as well as t.u., but l l never have knit myself c.d - socks before! Now l've seen a nice alternateive way! Thanks acain!❤ Be blessed!
Very helpful and clear instructions thank you. My husband and my daughter have very long big toes and I will experiment to find a left and right toe shape to help fit their feet better. This gives me a few ideas! Thank you, hope you're keeping safe and sane 🙂
I've always done my sock toes similar to this. I've never used the kitchener st. I am going to try this way (with the purl st). Thank you.
Thank you for sharing this technique! I just used this last night on a sock I was knitting, and I love it! Really nice fit, and pretty, too!
I tried this toe last night. Size 1 needles, 64 stitches. It was exactly 2 inches, which is perfect for the socks I make. Very comfortable on the toes. I think the purl stitches being on the outside of the sock is a game changer for me. I feel every bump on the inside, and this toe is very comfortable with the purl bumps on the outside! I will definitely use this toe in the future on my socks. It makes a very nice rounded toe also!
I mean the purl DECREASES being on the outside is very comfortable!
looking forward to using this on my next pair of socks. Thank you
Another great video, so helpful. Thank you!
Excellent technique video; thank you so much for this!
Very helpful! Thank you.
Great tutorial. Worked perfectly
This looks like it would be super easy, thanks !
I like the Star Toe of Four Points...going to do it next pair!
Well explained, Thanks again🌸🌼🌹
I think the chart is wrong for 64 stitches. It shows a p2tog for the first row and should just be p1. Pretty cool design
Thank you so much,the video is very helpful.
Thank you so much, I am excited to try this out on the pair I just started, it looks very cool :-)
I really like this toe looks like it would fit very well. I will definitely try it.
Thank you
A really easy toe and looks comfy.
Looks like the sock toe that might actually make me try sock knitting! I have a long big toe and I don't want to mess with it; it should have all the room it wants. I've also had a look at your two tutorials on the spiral sock toe, cuff down and toe up. They look very inspiring, too. Which one would you suggest to keep my big toe happy, The Star Toe of Four Points or one of the Spiral Sock Toes? Or some other design altogether?
I have a playlist of videos on sock toes. Several of them explain how to modify the toes based on your toe shape and length. The playlist is here. ua-cam.com/play/PL1AZxTfSCe2f7vsPCQUb-pM5xnzuGuYyI.html (the round toes and wedge toes are ones that I explain modifications for). I also wrote an article for Interweave a couple of years ago that has examples of toe modifications. Although it was published in one of their print magazines, you can read that article online (they split it into two separate posts) www.interweave.com/article/knitting/customize-rounded-sock-toes/ and www.interweave.com/article/knitting/customize-wedge-shaped-sock-toes/
@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you so much for taking the time to give me such a comprehensive reply. I appreciate it. Keep up the good work, Roxanne, there are many who love what you do.
The pattern I have from Lang yarn, does a decrease system that is for a wide range of stitches with no math. I would be happy to give it to you if you are interested. Range from 72 (which I use) down to 50. I knit fine socks with light weight sock yarn and small gauge needles.
I just might try this new-to-me toe technique on my next pair of socks. Is there an alternate way to decrease, such as maybe a knit tbl, that would give the same result but just not "show" so much on the surface? Glad I came across your videos; awesome tips!! Thanks.
Purl decs don't have a lean on the RS of the fabric. If you want to substitute a knit dec, you will probably want to consider the lean of the decreases on each side of the wedge/point. Try it on a swatch and see what you think.
Thanks!
I'm working on a fingering weight newborn hat. I think I will use this (modified) as the crown.
Good monring. Are there written instructions for this toe? Just lovely
There is a link to the written instructions down in the video description.
P2tog in the knit side of stockinette doesn't seem to lean either way, can it be used as a neither side decrease the same way kfb is a neither side increase?
For example, many top down sleeves are like this
K2tog, sm, ssk, knit around
Can it be something like this:
P2tog, sm, P2tog, knit around
The legs of a stitch are what give the visual effect of a lean, which is why a purl decrease doesn't lean. (You can't see the legs!) If you want to use a purl decrease as a decorative effect on the surface of the knit side of stockinette, you could do as you suggest. FYI, a kfb doesn't lean, but you do have to take into consideration where the bump shows up on the face of the fabric when using it for mirrored placement. That is, it always appears to the left of the existing stitch, so the stitch you increase into isn't always the same distance from each edge.
need help w ith the star toe decreases using 72 stiches
The stitch count in the chart for 64 stitches doesn't match this video. Should I use the video instructions instead? The chart seems wrong 🤷🏼♀️😊
I am on line 22 but I am ending up with 4 stitches the end. What am I doing wrong.. on row 21 I have 20 stitches on row 21 to begin
I'm going to try this with my first pair of cuff down socks. At what point do you start this? Thank you
Great tutorial. I had never heard of this method. Do the purl bumps have any functionality? Do you have a tutorial for directional socks i.e. left and right toes?
The function of the decreases is to reduce the stitch count. The placement/type of decreases used is decorative. I have a playlist of all my sock toe videos linked in the end screen at the end of the video. I do not have one for directional toes. Usually, if a specific toe type doesn't fit well, the issue is with the length of the sock toe, relative to the foot wearing it, and the rate of decreases used. Not all feet conform to the standard formula. There are a couple of my sock toe videos that address sock toe length (round toe and wedge toe).
The p3 stitches look like big bumps. Are they uncomfortable on the foot??
I just finished this toe...I don't feel a thing. It's comfy I think
I find the interruptions formed by the purl stitches very annoying to look at. Wouldn't you get the same effect by turning the purls into knits (k2tog or SSK) and end up with a much smoother fabric?
It's very easy to answer that question by knitting a swatch and seeing what you think of the result. :-)
Yes, you can substitute k2tog for p2tog, but that puts the "bumps" on the inside of the sock. Choose smooth over comfort.
Could this toe be used on regular toe patterns?
You can substitute any sock toe you like for whatever the pattern calls for. Just make sure you are starting it when the sock is the length it needs to be to accommodate the length of the sock toe you want to use.
I have always done my toes that way. No graphing.
I figured out my error. Sorry. Thank you
Do you have tutorials for other toes like the “beanie toe” or “umbrella toe?”
The end screen of the video contains a link to the playlist of all my sock toe videos. You can also access the playlist from my channel by clicking on Playlists.
I have 52 stitches. How do i do that? Thank u
Divide your sts into 4 parts, and follow the *process* shown in the video. The setup round places the initial purl bump in the last stitch of each of the 4 parts. The purl decreases are placed with respect to those. When you get to the p3tog point, you eliminate the plain rounds. The process is the same, regardless of your stitch count, and adjusting for length is the same, as well.