Those are pretty cute! You did a great job on them. I'm still working on my socks with 2 circular needles. Still working on the first one. I haven't had much time for knitting lately, but one of these days, I will hop to it and get them done.

Your socks are wonderful. I have knit dozens of pairs of socks and I am lucky to get a pair both the same size. As for style, I use a pattern and change the length of cuff, k1-p1, k2-p1 or maybe k3-p1. You did a great job and you made two little feet very happy.

Very cute socks. Good job!

has anyone made crocheted socks? please suggest a good pattern since I think I'd like to do this for next Xmas for my nephews who ski and snowboard

Profsusan - I have a pattern booklet for crocheted socks. I wasn't happy with them. The patterns were hard for me to follow, and the socks seemed too thick, stiff, and had very little stretch. Because of that the instep never seemed to fit right, even on DD's feet. And she doesn't have wide feet with a high instep either. Perfect little feet, that kid.

Although, the edgings on the cuffs are cooler with crochet than with knit. I plan on making some solid colour ankle socks for DD and crochet the edgings with a contrasting colour. This way I get the best of both worlds! Nicer knit "fabric" that has some give to it, and cooler edgings.

looks like I may have to learn how to knit!

Dances those socks look great, I have ton tons of knitting but never tried socks.

A few pairs of socke I knit for the grandkids before Christmas.
I've since knit a couple of pairs of adults,but didn't take a picture.

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Eliza Ann

Dances, I figured you wouldn't be able to resist trying again after I told you how to do the ruffle!!!

Profsusan, Leisure Arts has a booklet out for crochet socks.

Eliza Ann, did you ever find a pattern for the bulky yarn for the socks? I never found my pattern for you. I don't know where it ended up. The ones in your pic look great!

mirren, purchase an extra set of needles, whatever kind you are using to make your socks, and knit both at the same time. You will be amazed at how close they come out! Just do a few inches on one, then a few inches on the other. Your tension tends to be closer that way. It also helps when you are using the self striping yarns. It makes it easier to start them both at the exact same place in the pattern.

Tami

I'll look for the book the next time I go to JoAnn's or AC Moore - and use my 40% off coupon! Thanks Tami

Susan

Thanks for looking Tami,but I finally figured out how to adjust the stitches by using my brain for a change.
Took a few trys,but they came out great!

Eliza Ann, I'm glad you figured it out. I have looked and looked and still can't find the pattern I was thinking of for you. Maybe I just think I have it!

Dances, don't worry about following the pattern for cuff length. As long as you have enough yarn, make them as long or as short as you want them. I use the same pattern for sneaker socks (footies or golf socks) as I do for all of the other socks I make.

Tami

New to the knitting forum. Are these socks hard to make? I have only knitted scarves, dish rags, and just finished a bogga bag. So I'm not an expert.

Vicky, I wouldn't say they were hard to make. The directions for the ruffle were too strange for me to understand, but once Tami explained it I got it ROFL. The sock itself was easy peasy.

In general, socks are pretty simple as far as I can tell. Cast on across three needles, knit with the fourth. Knit 1 pearl 1 ribbing for so many inches (either with smaller needles or with a few less stitches then increase to the full amount at the last round of ribbing). Then switch to larger needles (if necessary) and knit plain around for so many inches. Leave so many stitches on holders (I just left them alone on the dpns). Then knit only the remaining stitches back and forth to make a heel flap (I slipped the first stitch on every knit row, and knit the first and last stitch on every purl row so I could see the edges better to pick up stitches later. The heel flap was knit then slip across for this pattern).

Once the heel flap is so long, you do some short row shaping (knit only part way across, turn, purl only partway across, turn, etc.) which is called "turning the heel". This makes the sort of cup that the heel fits into. Once that is shaped, you pick up stitches along one edge of the flap, knit across the "held" stitches, then pick up stitches along the remaining edge. Start knitting in the round again, increasing or decreasing according to the pattern to form the instep, then the foot, then decreasing for the toe.

Once you get to the last stitches (seems to me that many patterns have you reduce to about 6 or 8 stitches on each of two needles), you kitchener stitch them together for basically an invisible join. Or you can three needle bind off and end up with a tab on the toe that isn't supposed to be there ;).

I can't get the hang of knitting two socks on two circulars, or one sock on two circulars, nor can I manage toe-up yet. With nobody to see as an example (the written word is not helping me here LOL) I just can't figure out what goes where and how.

The main thing, is the yarn is incredibly thin, the needles are small, and you have to knit in the round. It looks like you are trying to tame an unruly and wildly coloured hedgehog to the un-initiated. Once you are comfy holding all those needles in a small amount of space, it is pretty smooth. Not FAST, smooth ;)

You have to be a member to see the pattern, but registration is free and there are lots of nice free patterns on the site. Notice that this looks nothing like the socks I actually made ROFL!

Here is a link that might be useful: The ruffled sock pattern - what the sock SHOULD be