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Published: 2009-03-17 23:42:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 2257; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 0
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Weeeee so this is my first pair of knitted toe up socks and my second knitted pair of socks ever
I used a special formula so they fit my feet very well. These go up to a couple inches below my knees. Only regret is that I didn't start the pattern at the toes the same! but live and learn 
Toe Up Formula found on Knitty [link]
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those may be the best fitted pair of hand knitted socks i have ever seen. which i will admit is because i usually ignore hand knitted sock deviations because they dont fit well.
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They fit extremely well ^_^ I use a special pattern that takes the measurements of your feet/your gauge and then comes up with the perfect numbers necessary in the pattern. Ever since I used it I haven't had any fitting problems with socks
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Ooh, I love how these turned out! Adorable. I still haven't been brave enough to try socks, but I'm working on my first shawl right now.
Love this pattern by the way.
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Lovely! I love the colorway. The photograph is nice too as a piece on its own; I like the composition. I always admire sock knitters... I have such an aversion to feet I'm not sure I will ever jump that knitting hurdle!
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Those are really spiffy! I keep meaning to try that pattern formula myself, but I've just never gotten around to it.
What yarn did you use?
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It's a great formula I use it to help get an idea of how other sock patterns will work for my feet
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Ooh! I'll have to stop in there the next time I'm out; hopefully my local Jo-Ann's will have some nifty colours in stock.
Thanks very much!
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Almost makes me think of Kilt Hose. I have 1 pair, need to wash them, but they are wool. arg.
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Gotta wash wool by hand. I wash all my wool stuff with Eucalan
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I know. Well, for those, I do have a portable hand crank washing machine. Now, for the wool kilt that needs cleaning, I am not so lucky. Both need cleaned, and I don't have a bathtub.
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These socks are 75% wool but they are superwash so they don' felt but yea I have plenty of fiber things that are wool that need handwashed in the sink... I also have two never been cleaned fleeces that need washed.. not sure when I'll be able to get those cleaned.
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I don't think I would trust my wool kilt to the sink.
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Hehe it doesn't matter if they're not perfect, they're special anyway! And I'm sure they're really really warm and comfy
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Yes ^_^ you put 25% of the stitches on each of the 4 needles and work with the 5th needle. I had 13 stitches on each size 1 needle.
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it's really not that bad ^_^ I'm working on my third pair of socks weeee each sock gets better and better
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so the 5ht needle is the working needle? and you just keep going around?
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awsome!!!! they make me want winter to come around here soon
i so want to learn how to knit socks, but i guess it bust be pretty hard?
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If you can knit they actually aren't too hard. The pattern I used is linked in the description. The only semi difficult parts are starting the sock it uses a crochet cast on and then learning how to do wrap and turns and how to conceal the wraps. Here are a few videos on those two parts.
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thank you!! i will give it a try as soon as i get some time out of my books
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If you need any help or advice feel free to ask me when you get around to it
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no worries 
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hahaha you should! it's fun! diffcult though i haven't done much weaving lately because i keep doing some strange mistake and i kept wasting more and more yarn, but i think i will start trying again soon (as soon as i finish reading all these books :/ IF i ever finish them
Anyway, if you want some links on tablet weaving i could give you some! there are lots of good websites to learn.
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I'd love some links
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Ok!
[link] that's a cool page with really clear instructions about how to warp the loom and weaving and all that technical stuff, plus some info about historical weaving.
[link] here you can find lots of cool patterns!
[link] more patterns yay!
I have some more links with really cool patterns but they are in spanish and german, so let me know if you want them as well!
You also might want to get the book Techniques of Tablet Weaving by Petter Collingwood, it's really cool and it's not hard to find, i think...
Good luck!
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I took a pic of my legs when i got my first pair of long socks. it lookes similar to this exept the were both colors from yours and eachother.
No way! you made these? Wow... *.*
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Omigodish! I wanna knit some pwnlicious socks! XD
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I bet they do.... I want some!
*runs off to go make some socks* ifin I only knowed how...
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awww ^_^ maybe some day you'll learn. I find it relaxing
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Oh YAYE~ I'm gonna go ask one of my friends to teach me!
I hope its relaxing because I get very frustrated with complicated things...
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When you first start out it takes a bit of time to figure everything out... like what you do when you drop a stitch or if you notice you did the wrong stitch... but oh man it's 5 rows back 
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Omigodish! Thankies a bunch for all that info~ You are totally pwnlicious!
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