Hemmed Cuff Socks - Authentic Knitting board

For a picture of how to pull up the stitches to make the hemmed cuff (scrolldown to the “Make a Brim” section) see http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/howto-loom-knit.html#brimThe FS was used in these socks. It is important to make sure that you donot pull the yarn too tightly. If you do, the stitches will be very difficult to hookover. To help make the FS looser, after hooking over the stitch, pull the stitchaway from the pin slightly. If you have too much trouble with tight stitches, usethe knit stitch instead of the FS.The toe of the sock can be closed in a couple of different ways. You mayclose as directed in the DVD, by binding the sock off and then sewing theopening closed. An alternative method is to slip the first half of the stitches on toa contrasting piece of sock yarn. Slip the second half of the stitches onto anotherpiece of sock yarn. Cut the working yarn, leaving a long tail. Thread the yarn tailonto a yarn needle. Starting with the first stitch (the side closest to the toe) takethe needle through the stitch from right to left, being careful not to catch thewaste yarn. Now, take the needle over to the other piece of scrap yarn andthrough the first stitch on the second side, going from left to right. Continueweaving from one side to the other until all the stitches have been woven.Remove the scrap yarn; gently pull on working yarn to tighten the toe stitchesand weave in loose end. I prefer the second method as it makes a less bulkyseam. If desired, the Kitchner Stitch (used in hand knitting) could also be used,but is a bit more complicated. There are many online tutorials on this method ifyou are interested in trying it.The best book, and the only one at this point, on knitting socks on looms isLoom Knitting Socks by Isela Phelps. This is a wonderful resource.Instructions-Plain Cuff (Toddler Sock)The instructions include both generic instructions on how to make this sockin any size as well as the numbers, in parentheses that were used tocreate the sock in the picture. This sock will fit a 1-2 year old. I designed itCopyright © July 2010 by Faith Ann Schmidt. All rights reserved.