sock virgin

[miss eweniverse]

Would sooooo appreciate some help here!


I am making a pair of hiking socks. Here's where I'm stuck:

To make heel: Slip last 10(10-11-11) sts form 3rd needle. Then leave 20(20-22-22) sts on two other needles or holder for instep. (These sts are going to be left unworked for a while.) Knit to the end of the needle in use. Now continue back and forth on these 20(20-22-22) sts.

I am very confused as to how to knit from the middle of the needle! After slipping the last sts form the 3rd needle and the first sts from the first needle and slipping them onto one needle, the 'free' yarn is in the middle.

Am I supposed to 'pick up' sts here? Argh!


Thanks for your help.

[knitqueen]

When it says 'knit to the end of the needle in use' what you're essentially doing is knitting the first 10 (or 11, depending which size you are making) stitches of the next round. Those 10 (or 11) plus the 10 (or 11) stitches that you slipped from the 3rd needle will form your heel and I'm guessing that your first heel row is a WS row??

So I think that when you slip the first 10 sts off the 3rd needle, the best thing to do would be to do that onto an empty needle, then with that needle, knit the first 10 sts from needle 1. You'll then have your heel stitches on one needle and the rest will be held until later.

[miss eweniverse]

Thanks a lot, knitqueen (if there was a bowing smiley, I'd use it here)!

That makes more sense, but I figured they must have had a rhyme to their reason for putting the instructions in the order that they did.

Have a great day.

[knitqueen]

Just noticed you're from Vancouver. I'm just across the water in Nanaimo. Hope you get the sock figured out, and glad I could help. By the way, there is a bowing smiley

[rebecca]

I just LOVE reading about those knitters who are losing their sock virginity...WTG

[Stitch]

I just LOVE reading about those knitters who are losing their sock virginity...WTG

ROFL

[miss eweniverse]

But will it still respect me in the morning? (or be a heel? *groan*)

Knitqueen, I'm in Nanaimo quite often- as I am part owner of a business that operates out of Campbell River. I'm mad about the LYS, Mad about Ewe. Lynette rocks!

Christina

[knitqueen]

Mad About Ewe....I don't get to go there nearly as often as I'd like, cause I usually have a 3 and 4 year old in tow. Too much nice (expensive!) stuff for little hands to touch.

[janelanespaintbrush]

I just LOVE reading about those knitters who are losing their sock virginity...WTG

Reeeeeeally? How knotty! Well, how about this? I just started my third pair after finishing my first last week. Yes, the third. And I'm doing them -- get this -- two at once -- from the toe up -- on one circ. Is that kinky or what? I guess that makes me extremely sockually active. I hope that's healthy!

[Lighting57]

And I'm doing them -- get this -- two at once -- from the toe up -- on one circ.


Jane can you please send me a link or tell me how to get the directions for making these socks; the ones you do two at a time on circular needles?

Thank you.
Sandra from SC