why didn't anyone tell me?

[wyomingnot]

I can't even remember where I first heard it mentioned... but I tried out Cat Bordhi's Sweet Tomato Heel for the first time the other day. OMG. So much better to work than wrap-and-turn crap.

I hope it fits okay. Because working it was awesome.

Also. Hi!

edit to add... Foolish me. I should have linked to the helpful video.

:)

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[wyomingnot]

Not that I know of. I switched to toe-up a couple years back due to my hate of kitchener. I'm quite enamored of Judy's Magic Cast-On.

[wednesday]

I like toe-up in theory, and JMCO in practice, but have yet to find an actual toe shape which doesn't either make me tear the toe out again and again because the increases leave gaps, or make me give up in frustration because POINTY. :/ Then again, can't handle short row toes as a whole because gaps.

[tephra]

The method I use for my toes yields a rounded toe, it's short though, which (since I have short toes) works great for me, but you might want to knit a bit plain before starting any stitch patterns if you prefer the length of a standard wedge toe.

If you increase one stitch in every time you end up with a visible band on the sides. I don't care for that much so I alternate increasing one stitch in and three stitches in. Sometimes I rotate through 1, 3, and 5 stitches in.

JMCO 1/3 of your eventual sock stitches.

Increase every round until you have 2/3rds of your stitches. I use an M1 increase or yarn over and then twist it closed in the next round. You can use whatever increase you like, but if you are stacking increases you can't use the lifted stitch increases.

Increase every other round until you reach your final stitch count.

For my stubby toes this puts the end of the sock toe about at the base of my big toe. With lace patterns this can mean I flash some toe cleavage in the yarn overs. I don't mind that but if you do, knit some rows before starting any lace patterns.

[wednesday]

Wherever possible, I inc1 in stitch below because m1 yields an obvious tension difference and yo/twist has a visible twist. (And then there's the bump from kfb. Oh god, the bump from kfb.) This could get interesting. :/

Short rounded toe sounds like the perfect thing; I'll have to see if I can make this one work despite my shortcomings. Thanks!

[tephra]

If you stagger your increases you should be able to do the lifted stitch increases, they just don't work if you increase in the same place every row.

[wyomingnot]

This is interesting. I started a new pair last night and am trying this out! Thanks!

[tephra]

You're welcome. :)

I'm happy with this toe, but my next pair of socks, whenever I get to them (I have a backup in my gift queue I need to clear) I think I'll try casting on 1/4 of the total and then increase every row to 1/2, every other row to 3/4, and then every third row to the total. It should make for a longer but still rounded toe, sort of almond shaped.