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| Anne's Anatomically Correct Toes |
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| I have just started the toes of the first of my cotton socks on American size 0. It seems to be working out right for my rather square feet - I can't wear the normal shape of sock toe as my feet don't come to a point in the middle. I knit until the foot tube is long enough to cover my outside (smallest) toe entirely when standing up. It is important to put weight on your foot as the difference can be almost half an inch of knitting. On fine yarns I have from 4 to 6 stitches between the decreases, and decrease one st each side of those st on every round at the outside of the foot. On thicker yarns I have fewer st, as few as two on DK yarns. I go on decreasing until the sock is very nearly long enough to fit, with perhaps quarter of an inch to go. I then start to decrease on the other side, just to round off the edge at the inside. Normally I cast off the remaining stitches two together rather than grafting the stitches. The two stitches every round seems to work whatever thickness of yarn I use as it gives the same gradient which happens to match my toes. I expect that different gradients can be obtained by doing more decreases in each round or by putting in rounds without decreases to match different lengths of toes. Footnote from Anne: I think adding two to the number of stitches between the decreases would be a good idea, having looked at some of my socks the larger numbers are more typical. I think I put in three numbers, and making each two larger would be better advice. Graciously permitted to be posted by Anne in Dorset, England [email protected] |
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