Months ago, I promised one of my best friends, Lauren, that I'd knit her a pair of socks. Finally, I've got them done. She'll be getting them as a birthday present along with a hand-bound book I made for her.
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This is my first time
knitting toe-up, and I can’t believe I ever did it any other way — I find the
construction to be so much simpler and more logical than in cuff-down patterns.
For whatever reason, the idea of starting at the toe intimidated me before, but
now I’ll never go back. With no stitches to pick up or decreases to do, there’s
just less room to screw up, creating a cleaner, less hole-y end product. And no
more of those silly looking triangular toes you wind up with when knitting a
cuff-down sock! Love.
However, I found the leg construction to be a little too simple, and they ended up a bit
baggy around the ankle. Next time I'll try a ribbed leg, or I might reduce a few stitches on the way up.
Still, it’s not anything that a little blocking and shrinking can’t fix…with a bit of work, they’ll fit Lauren just fine.
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| Knit with Blue Sky Alpaca Silk |
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