Regular Guy
Toe Up Socks
2009
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Regular Guy
Toe Up Socks
Gauge Toe
9 sts per inch Worked back and forth on two needles
With waste yarn CO 32 sts
Size Purl all first row with working yarn
Sized to wearer as knit R2: Sl 1, K30, turn
R3: YO, P30, turn
Wool R4: YO, K29, turn
Knitpicks Essentials is pictured, R5: YO, P28, turn
but any sock yarn to gauge will do R6: YO, K27, turn
R7: YO, P26, turn
Sharps Continue working in this manner until YO, P12, turn
2.5mm DPN or sized to achive
gauge You are now at the tip of the toe of the sock and will work back towards your CO sts
A word on gauge R1: YO, K12, K2tog, turn
The advantage of a toe up sock is R2: YO, P13, SSP, turn
you can try it on as you knit it. If R3: YO, K14, K3tog (first 2 are YO’s), turn
you notice you have a lot of R4: YO, P15, SSSP, turn
access on the side of the toe after R5: YO, K16, K3tog, turn
the first inch or so you can adjust Continue working one more each row until YO, K30, K3tog
your gauge without knitting a Sl 1, P30, SSSp
whole sock. 9 sts per inch is a Sl 1, K31
starting point, be sure to try on
and adjust to fit. Pick up and knit 32 sts from waste yarn. Be careful to pick up first stitch.
Remove waste yarn from sts after toe has been joined in the round. If you don’t
pick up all 32 sts, add a stitch at the end of the row.
Knit 1 row in the round.
Begin 2x2 rib on top 32 sts.
Important: Start rib with K1, P2, K2, P2, K2. . . end with K1
This will center the rib over the top of the foot.
Proceed 2x2 rib on top half of sts and stockinet or knit all on bottom half.
Continue working in this way until you reach a length 2.5 inches short of the
recipients heel.
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Regular Guy
Toe Up Socks
Heel – may be worked with wooly nylon or similar for added strength especially
in 100% wool.
Worked on bottom half or stockinet sts
R1: Begin by knitting across knit sts except for the last St, turn. There will be one
St unworked.
R2: YO backward, Purl to last St. Leave last St unworked.
R3: YO, Knit to the last two sts bunched together – the YO from the last row and
the first K st, turn.
R4: YO backward, purl to two sts bunched together, turn.
Continue with rows 3 and 4 until there are 13 sts left between the YO rows.
YO, K13, stop – don’t turn.
Second half
R1: K1 (first St of pair), K2tog (leaving a YO as the next St on needle), turn
R2: YO backward, purl to the paired sts made by YO’s of previous row, purl the
first St, SSP (leaving slip St as last St), turn
Tip: I slip my first two purl sts backward so they lay even with the purl as well as
the last St.
R3: YO, K to paired sts, K first St, K3tog
EZ Bind Off
R4: YO backward, purl to paired YO’s, SSSP (slip two YO’s and first St of next pair)
The most effective and elastic
Repeat R3, and R4
bind off I have found is the
Elizabeth Zimmermann sewn bind
After making last K3tog, turn the work but don’t YO. Instead slip the first St purl
off. Search online for more
wise and purl to the last SSSP.
comprehensive instructions if
mine don’t make sense.
Do the same when beginning the knit row. Slip the first St, Knit across.
Use a tapestry needle for sewn
At this point join sock back in the round and double check you have 32 sts you
bind off, sew sts VERY loosely as
may need to pick up a stitch on the first round.
it is easy to BO too tight.
Drop wooly nylon if used.
1. Insert yarn as if to purl through
first 2 sts
Begin K2, P2 rib, but now start 2x2 rib on all sts to proceed up leg. Be careful to
2. re-insert needle into 1st St as if
continue rib from top of foot.
to knit, slip first St off the knitting
needle
Continue up leg in 2x2 rib until desired length is reached. I would recommend a
minimum length of toe to heel, so if you fold the sock over at the heel the top of
repeat step 1 and 2 until all sts
the leg should at least reach the toe if not longer.
are bound off
Use EZ bind off instructions off to the left.
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