Knitting and Crochet Made Simple

Yarn, knitting yarns, knitting patterns, crochet patterns & supplies, kits, yarns The Purl Bee Knit Purl Hunter knitty.com By Wendy D. Johnson Photos by Ian M. Ories editor's note: There are many photos in this article, and they're quite large. I love toe-up socks. Here are three different ways to start a toe-up sock. For the purpose of this demonstration, I am making toes for a sock that is 48 stitches around, but you can easily adapt the instructions to any number divisible by four. Short Row Toe The first toe is the short row toe. Start with half of the total sock stitches, in this case, 24. Using waste yarn, crochet a chain that is several chain stitches longer than the number of knit stitches you need [I made my chain 30 stitches long]. Look at your chain. Purl back across the stitches. Row 1: Knit 23 stitches. Row 2: Slip the first, unworked, stitch from the left needle to the right needle. Row 3: Slip the first stitch and knit across to the last stitch before the unworked stitch. Row 4: Slip the first stitch and purl across to the stitch before the unworked stitch. Now work the second half of the toe:

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