Proto-socks?
Dec. 29th, 2012 08:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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knittingI know I am not ready to knit real socks yet -- I've just got to the stage where I can turn rectangular shapes of knitting into sweater pieces by increasing and decreasing -- but I just realized there might be a kind of sock I can do.
I bought a pair of knee socks at Target which turn out to be a pair of long tubes sewn straight across at one end, and with a thicker band at the other end so they stay up the leg. They can be laid out completely flat -- no shaped heel at all.
They aren't the best socks ever, of course, because the toe seam gets all twisted around when I wear them, but they're good enough for someone who never has enough black knee socks. And it seems like they would be easy enough for me to make -- knit in the round, sew up at one end when done.
Is this a recognized form of proto-sock, and if so, what is it called, so I can go look for patterns? (Obviously they wouldn't be very difficult patterns, but I'm not good at predicting how many stitches to cast on, etc., yet.)
I bought a pair of knee socks at Target which turn out to be a pair of long tubes sewn straight across at one end, and with a thicker band at the other end so they stay up the leg. They can be laid out completely flat -- no shaped heel at all.
They aren't the best socks ever, of course, because the toe seam gets all twisted around when I wear them, but they're good enough for someone who never has enough black knee socks. And it seems like they would be easy enough for me to make -- knit in the round, sew up at one end when done.
Is this a recognized form of proto-sock, and if so, what is it called, so I can go look for patterns? (Obviously they wouldn't be very difficult patterns, but I'm not good at predicting how many stitches to cast on, etc., yet.)
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Date: 2012-12-29 03:03 pm (UTC)If you're going to make knee socks, you'll have to account for the difference in calf vs. ankle circumference.
You might want to look into patterns with afterthought heels -- it's a method that is basically knitting tube socks, and adding heels afterwards.
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Date: 2012-12-29 08:58 pm (UTC)I'll try to find a tutorial that explains how to deal with circumference difference, and afterthought heels -- nice name!