2 needle handknit socks

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Does anyone have a pattern for hand knitted socks on 2 needles. I saw the pattern done years ago but can't find it on the internet now. The ribbed part round the ankle was seamed at the back, then the top of the foot was knitted on from this, down around the toe, then the sole was knitted and then the heal. The whole thing was seamed up at the sides of the foot. Made it easy to reknit a worn heel and do the sole in another yarn. Sarah.

-- Sarah Matthess (william@matthess.freeserve.co.uk), March 06, 2000

Answers

OK, I know this isn't what you want to hear, but why don't you try knitting them in the round? The extra needles aren't that difficult to work with, and it eliminates purling every other row. You can just knit and knit and knit! I'm really quite a beginner, but I've found that the only projects I've ever fifnshed are those worked in the round. Give it a try - you may like it! (My apologies if you have tried and hate it!)

-- Becky M. (beckymom@kjsl.com), March 06, 2000.

Well, I did until the wee hours of this morning, suffered another bookmark purge by the computer. Found my way back here and so far, that's about it. Try searching for

free knitting pattern socks

on something like Ask Jeeves.

I've also, somewhere, got a magazine with the pattern in it, but first I'd have to find it, and then I'd have to knit it and re-write it because it was a terrible pattern. It is, however, seamed all the way down the center back, I've never seen a foot quite like yours with a flat top, not that I've seen every pattern out there.

In the meantime, if you can knit on double pointed needles at all, start the top of the sock on 2 needles and after an inch, or at least before you get to the heel, change onto double points-I'll admit, I do almost all my circular knitting flat for a few rows to an inch or so. Never have a twisting problem that way.

When I get over sulking about my bookmarks, I'll see what I've got handy in print patterns. I don't suppose you can remember anything about where you came across this pattern, can you? Gerbil

-- Gerbil (ima_gerbil@hotmail.com), March 06, 2000.


Sarah: The Fiber Gypsy website has free on-line patterns, one of which is the Fleeced Two-Needle Sock. You could probably knit it without adding the fleece, which was Lopi. The web address is www.fibergypsy.com/Knitting-Pattern/Socks/ Hope this helps. I would like to try knitting them from my handspun (we raise Shetlands) but haven't started the pattern yet. Isn't winter a great time to knit? Especially with this latest snowy/cold weather. Best of luck with your socks and Merry Christmas from Indiana!

-- Peggy Taylor (bptaylor@ccrtc.com), December 20, 2000.

Sarah: I second the response to try knitting in the round. It goes so much faster and you don't have to deal with that seam. It it so much easier than it looks. I have crocheted for years but just took up knitting a couple of years ago and love knitting socks in the round with 4 or 5 needles. I have tons of patterns that I could scan and send you it you decide to try. Just e-mail me. diane in michigan

-- Diane Green (gardiacaprines@yahoo.com), December 20, 2000.

Anyone have a trick for holding the needles? I always look like a clutz and suspect that I never am holding them correctly! Do you catch the inactive needles in your pinkie fingers or something? Or do you just let the other needles sort of flop around like I do?

I get the job done, but no style points. I hold a crochet hook like some kind of deranged starving eater with a fork, too. People sometimes stare at me if I'm crocheting in public!

-- sheepish (rborgo@gte.net), December 21, 2000.



Oh Sheepish!!!! Thankyou for the belly laugh- I really, really needed that. Truck broken down again, no savings left, no presents bought, caught up in a discussion I wish I had never entered. Love it!!! Oh am I blessed since finding this forum. Yes, I just kind of let the needles do what they do, somehow it all comes out. When I do socks they kind of form this circle on their own and my biggest problem is remembering to keep the needle that I am knitting off of as the top needle so when I get to the end of the needle I don't have to have a wrestling match to get the last stitches off. later - diane in michigan

-- diane (gardiacaprines@yahoo.com), December 21, 2000.

You are most welcome. And I sure hope things get better for you real soon. And thank YOU. I am now confident that I probably don't look any more lame than a few other knitters in the world!

-- sheepish (rborgo@gte.net), December 21, 2000.

Wow! You guys are my she-roes! One of my goals is to learn how to knit socks, but I need some instruction. What do you recommend for a beginner? Is there a book you like best? I have seen a few, some only about socks....however, they appear intimidating, assuming you know something before you buy that book! Help!

-- Anne (HT@HM.com), December 21, 2000.

Annie: I would suggest you just jump in. I attacked knitting socks the same way I tend to do everything else - leap of faith. If you know the basic knit, purl and can read a pattern (somewhat) you can start on socks. If you want me to send you the pattern for a basic sock I can. Then if you run into problems (which I did by the way and had to call my knitting friend) you can always e-mail me or someone else who knits and find some answers. Let me know - diane

-- diane (gardiacaprines@yahoo.com), December 21, 2000.

I like the Big Book of Knitting by Katharina Buss (Sterling Publishing, NY, 1999, at least the English translation). My mom bought this for me a couple of Christmases ago. It was $30 then. I like the illustrations (all color, big pages, lots of details.) Before, I was using books from the '40s and '50s and I couldn't make head nor tail out of them half the time.

I agree...just dive in and see what kind of twisted little messes you can make at first (or be like someone I know who made argyle socks perfectly on her very first knitting project!!) I am definitely in the twisted mess maker category, but I am a good ripper and backer-up and I eventually end up with something resembling the original idea.

I would recommend starting with light yarn, long enough (but not too long needles) and good light. If you are more alert in the a.m., start then. I can't deal with trying to knit in the dark with dark yarn! Oh and knit a swatch for gauge first, too. Otherwise you can end up with Barbie socks or socks that you can put two legs into. Keep us posted!

-- sheepish (rborgo@gte.net), December 22, 2000.



HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF TUBE SOCKS KNITTED IN THE ROUND ?? I MAKE THIS TYPE OF SOCK ALL THE TIME BECAUSE A TUBE SOCK IS NEVER PUT ON IN THE VERY SAME PLACE TWICE SO NO MORE MENDING HEELS. I WROTE MY OWN PATTERN FOR THESE SOCKS AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE PATTERN JUST EMAIL ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU MY SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS TO SEND ME A SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR THE PATTERN. ANY SIZE ENVELOPE WILL DO AS I CAN FOLD THE PATTERN SHEET.

I WRITE A LOT OF MY OWN KNITTING PATTERNS AS ONE I'M TO CHEAP TO BUY A WHOLE BOOK FOR ONE PATTERN AND TWO MOST OF THE TIME I CAN'T FIND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR ANYWAY.

HAPPY KNITTING SALLY

-- SALLY STANTON (MALLARDHEN67@HOTMAIL.COM), February 01, 2001.


Sarah, if you are still seeking two-needle hand knit sox, e-mail me. I have the pattern i think u are seeking. Also have other sites u might be interested in. Traci

-- Traci Rae Davis (krystalgrace61@yahoo.com), March 13, 2001.

There is one in the current issue of Interweave Knits (fall 2001). All garter stitch, multi-sized from baby to adult. The magazine is kind of pricey at $5.95, so you might want to go in with a friend or two on it.

-- GT (nospam@nospam.com), September 02, 2001.

Also see if your library carries a book called Homespun, Handknit. Good patterns for hats, socks, scarves and mittens.

-- GT (nospam@nospam.com), September 02, 2001.

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