Posted in gusset, heel flap, loom knitting, socks, tagged gusset, heel flap, loom knitting, socks, wonderloom on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, at this point we have a heel flap and a gusset and a little problem:
The sock has no top. It’s time to put those stitches from the scrap yarn back onto their now empty pegs.
Then there is just closing up the gap along the top of the gusset. To do that I knit just the top/instep [...]
Posted in gusset, heel flap, loom knitting, socks, tagged gusset, heel flap, loom knitting, short row heel, socks, wonderloom on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So now we have a gusset of 21 rows (up to 24 or the same number of rows as there were stitches put on scrap yarn should work easily). It’s time to turn the heel. I’m not going into much detail here. Just work short row decreases however you like as if you were turning [...]
Posted in gusset, heel flap, loom knitting, socks, tagged heel flap, loom knitting, socks, wonderloom on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For this sock I used the Tulip Sock pattern at dalooms.com as the base pattern. I cast on 48 pegs on a FG mini wonderloom with a cotton wool blend (60/40 Serpendipity Tweed, striped coral root for those who care about such things). After doing 4 pattern repeats I had this:
The actual color is closer to [...]
Posted in gusset, heel flap, loom knitting, socks, tagged gusset, heel flap, knifty knitter, loom knitting, short row heel, socks, wonderloom on July 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So, I’ve finally downloaded some photos from my camera. I did a couple of test heels with chunky yarn on a knifty knitter. I’ll post the full instructions next time, but wanted to get a couple photos out until then. The idea still needs some tweaking, but I’ve definitely ended up with something that resembles [...]
Posted in gusset, heel flap, loom knitting, socks, tagged gusset, heel flap, loom knitting, short row heel, socks, wonderloom on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, I have a sock problem. There, I’ve admitted it in public! I’ve discovered that I like to knit socks. I like the feel of lovely, handknit, woolen socks. I love my little mini-wonderloom. Sock projects are wonderfully portable when I’m on the go with the kids. But…..I…..have……a…..problem.
My socks, with just a couple excemptions exceptions, don’t fit. It’s [...]
