Lucy Neatby - Sock Techniques 1

Introduction - Choosing Yarn for Socks (p.87) - Choosing Needles for Socks (p.80) - Sock Anatomy and Fitting - Common turned heel - Tubular sock with an inserted heel - Comparison of common and inserted heels Bind-Off Methods - Picot (p.33) - Modified Conventional knitwise Modified Conventional purlwise and in rib (p.120) - The last stitch, joining the gap - Expanded rib (p.33) - Three Needle (p.119) Cast-On Methods - Long-Tail / Continental (with two hands) (p.105 - 107) - Adjusting the width of your cast-on edge (p.105 - 107) - Adjusting the tension of your cast-on stitches (p.105 - 107) - Looking after your tail yarn (p.105 - 107) - Long-Tail / Continental (one-hand) - Long-Tail variation for an extra strong elastic edge (ideal for socks) (p.105 - 107) - Picot (p.75) - Provisional Crochet (p.110) - Setting up working in the round with a provisional edge - Working in the round down from a provisional edge Cuffs and Edgings for Top-Down Socks - Latvian Twist (p.105) - Ruffled Turn-Over (simulating round knitting) and a purlwise double decrease (p.38) - Scalloped Turn-Over (p.38) - Wavy Edge (K2, O, k2, k2t) (p.54) Cuffs and Edgings for Toe-Up Socks - Expanding a 2 x 2 Rib with a m1 increase and 'working as set' (p.33) - Binding off an Expanded 2 x 2 edge (p.33) - Double Layer Rib facing with double turning round (p.77) - Garter stitch in the round Finishing Techniques - Duplicate Stitch (Swiss Darning) (p.115) - Circular Sutures, the Boggle and naturally occurring holes (p.115) - Phoney duplicate stitching - Joining the gap in a cast-on edge, and neatening yarn tails - Joining the gap in a bound-off edge - Darning ends from toes - Grafting the Toe (Kitchener Stitch) - Make the sock Toe Chimney (p.117) - Using the sock Toe Chimney (p.117) Common Heel - Dividing for the heel flap Working the Heel Flap in Alternative Heel Stitch (p.16) - Checking the length of the heel flap - Areas of Adjustment in the Heel flap (p.72) - Turning the heel and using a reinforcing yarn - Areas of Adjustment in turning the heel - Knitting up the stitches around the heel and resuming working in the round (p.16) - Stitch distribution and the first round - Areas of Adjustment after turning the heel Toes - Common Wedge - Shapings for the Common wedge (p.18) Working in the Round with Double Pointed Needles - Casting on and dividing the stitches (p.100) - Joining the round and setting up the needles - Circulating stitches, starting with a knit or a purl? - Transporting your work - Running yarn markers (p.113) - Three needles when working with few stitches Working in the Round with One Long Circular Needle - Casting on and joining the round - Working on one long circular needle - Working in the Round with Two Circular Needles - Casting on and joining the round (p.102) - Working on two circular needles Tips for Great Socks (p.7)