When to Start the Toe of a Cuff Down Sock // Technique Tuesday

This video demonstrates how to determine what the full length of a sock foot should be and when to start knitting the toe decreases. Two methods for determining toe length/starting point are demonstrated. One explains how to calculate the length the toe will be, based on the toe instructions. The other explains how to modify the toe if you want it to be a specific length.
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August Sock KAL tutorial for knitting customized socks:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
My Ravelry project page for the green socks shown at the start of the video: ravel.me/Rox/ask
Yarn: West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-ply solids, color 390
and WYS Signature 4-ply Self-Striping, color 851 Peacock
Heel flap and gusset construction with heel stitch and modified Dutch heel turn; (long) round toe.
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• Socks
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[@lindaw505]

Thank you Roxanne! I love your technique videos, they are so clear, and helpful 😊🧶

[@maryKnits95]

Thank you ! For the easy explanation I was looking for this exact question.

[@vickibasham5713]

As usual - a wonderful video. Just curious, have you ever considered writing a book on how to knit the perfect sock? I know that thre are tons out there right now, and that you already wrote that August KAL tutorial. But what I'm suggesting is a really comprehensive book that incorporates everything you've taught in all your videos, adding all your charts, and perhaps also adding bar code links to the videos. I would buy it instantly.

[@jannywitvoet4268]

Yes! A good idea!
It would be nice to speak in cm too, though.
I’m always lost with inches

[@beverlyhess611]

Thanks for this video! It’s amazing how simple you make the “math” part of knitting!

[@theastewart6721]

I find this fascinating Roxanne. I will watch this video and your other videos on socks over and over again! I’m not the brightest bulb in the box when it comes to these issues. Give me a pattern or chart, no problem. Show me how to fit socks for the recipient much more difficult. Thank you!🤗

[@jvera199066]

Thank you! I'm still trying to get a handle on making the perfect socks (i'm a very new sock knitter) and your series has given me so many useful tips! Definitely will be looking into your KAL tutorial you mentioned so I can make the best fitting socks!

[@alisonsmith376]

You’re so clever, Roxanne! 🧶

[@gingermolinero8386]

I loved this video, very helpful. Thank you

[@marilynwanamaker8070]

Brilliant! When you started doing the maths, I thought “oh no! Not for me!” But you made it simple and understandable. I will try this on my next pair of socks. I’m a newer sock knitter and each sock ends up different. Now I understand why! I need to modify the pattern for the wearer, it makes sense now💡 Thank you!!

[@sheryltisdale]

Thank you Roxanne, very helpful!

[@yarn_dragon]

Great video. Thanks!

[@michelleellis1290]

This was awesome thank you.

[@elaineenstone6834]

Great information, thank you. 🇬🇧

[@janemellowes674]

That's very helpful. Thank you :)

[@katgore99]

Thank you

[@cheryldavenport3617]

Thank you for this great video. You say that you knit socks more tightly that the ball band suggests. I find that my knitting gauge for a given weight of yarn is pretty consistent. If you "simply" knit tighter, how do maintain a consistent level of greater-than-ususal tension through 2 pairs of socks?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

You use smaller needles! :-)

[@loriedupont7050]

Thank you for the easy to follow instructions. I've been looking for help on calculating foot/toe size for a long time. I do have one question. In your example, what does "graft" mean? Does it mean the beginning of the Kitchener stitch? I decrease/knit until I have 16 stitches on my needles. Then I decrease every round until I have 8 stitches total. Then I beginning the Kitchener stitch.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

"Kitchener stitch" is the label given to one of several different processes for creating a grafted join, usually used in reference to grafting a sock toe. A graft is an invisible join where two sets of live sts are joined so that the sewing thread essentially creates a row of sts that joins the two sets of sts. There are no ridges or ditches on either face of the fabric, and different processes can be used to achieve the graft that are different from the "Knit off,purl on; purl off, knit on" method).
If you are reducing your stitch count down to 8 sts, you have few enough to just fasten off the live sts like you would for a hat (running the tail through the remaining sts and pulling tight like a drawstring. You *can* graft those sts, but you wouldn't *have* to.

[@loriedupont7050]

@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you, Roxanne for your explanation of the Kitchener stitch. I'm curious, do you have any decrease rows between your 20 stitches and when you begin your graft (Kitchener stitch). Thank you, again...

[@kaylemoine1571]

Thank God I have plain, old regular toes. Can't handle the math.

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

I have maths 🧮 dyscalcula but you teach so well so thank you 😊