Sock Techniques 1 DVD $28.95

Covered here are a variety of strong elastic cast-on edges, how to easily establish knitting in the round with one or two circulars or double pointed needles, failsafe toe grafting without loose stitches, relaxed bind-offs, fun cuffs, sock anatomy and how to adjust the common heel for the best fit.

Running Time: 2 hours 55 mins.

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Sock Anatomy and Fitting

Choosing yarn & needles

Common turned heel

Tubular sock with inserted heel

Comparison of heels

Bind-Off Methods

Picot

Modified conventional knitwise

MCBO purlwise and in rib

The last stitch, joining the gap

Expanded rib

Three Needle

Cast-On Methods

Long-Tail / Cont. (two hands)

Adjusting the edge width

Adjusting the tension

Looking after your tail yarn

Long-Tail / Cont. (one-hand)

LT variation for strong edge

Picot

Provisional crochet

In the round with a prov. edge

Round down from prov. edge

Cuffs & Edgings (Top-Down)

Latvian Twist

Ruffled turn-over (simulating round knitting) and a purlwise double decrease

Scalloped turn-over

Wavy edge (K2, O, k2, k2t)

Cuffs & Edgings (Toe-Up)

Expanding a 2 x 2 rib and working as set

Binding off expanded 2 x 2 rib

Rib facing with turning rounds

Garter stitch in the round

Finishing Techniques

Duplicate St. (Swiss Darning)

Circular sutures, the boggle and naturally occurring holes

Phoney duplicate stitching

Joining the gap in a CO edge, and neatening yarn tails

Joining the gap in a BO edge

Darning ends from toes

Grafting (Kitchener Stitch)

Make the sock Toe Chimney

Using the sock Toe Chimney

Common Heel

Dividing for the heel flap

Alternative heel stitch

Heel flap length check

Adjustment in the heel flap

Turning heel and reinforcing

Adjustment in turning the heel

Knitting up sts and resuming working in the round

St. distribution & first round

Adjustment after the heel

Toes - Common Wedge

Shapings

In the Round with DPNs

Casting on and dividing sts

Joining the round

Circulating sts, start with k or p?

Transporting your work

Running yarn markers

Three needles?

Round with One Long Circ

Casting on and joining

Working round with two circs

Casting on and joining

Working tips for great socks