Monica Knits

When Shilda came to class one day, she said, "Now I understand what you meant about being careful not to knit the wrong way round." She also came with a tip to share with other new sock knitters. Read more....
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Hop into spring with a parade of easter colors for baby! Knit all 3 sizes of this darling baby sock with a skein each of Palette^TM fingering weight, Peruvian Heighland wool yarn in spring green, baby chick and lady slipper colors. The cuff and toes are yellow, the heel green, and the sock body features all three colors in a spring garden medley.
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The two socks differ in the number of loops of each stitch within the chain stitch selvedge that were picked up from the side of the heel flap. On the left, both loops of each chain stitch were picked up. On the right, just the back loops. The arrow points to the center of a column of knit stitches. On the left, you see the last column is complete. On the right, by picking up just the back loops, a ridge (1/2 a knit stitch) is formed.

Image 1Recently the method of picking up gusset stitches through both loops was illustrated. In this article the gusset stitches are picked up through the back loops only of the heel flap. Read more ... for stepwise, illustrated instructions in picking up stitches through both loops of a chain stitch selvedge.

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