2 socks on 2 needles

3 steps for these guys!

1.) knit a rectangle
2.) decrease for the toe
3.) stitch up the side

a couple notes:

these socks are REALLY forgiving. you don't need to do swatches or anything. just eyeball the size and they will fit.

you can use any weight yarn with any needle size. i don't even know what weight yarn i'm using. the red is thicker than the white. my needles are size 6... or 7.

1.) knit a rectangle

for mine, i'm using a different color for the cuff. you don't have to. they are your socks. the colors are your choice.

i casted on with 2 small balls of red for the cuffs. 50 stitches. make sure you cast on an even number.

for the actual knitting, you can use any stretch stitch you want. i used k1,p1. i like it because it's easy for me. as long as it's a stretch stitch, you can use it.

my cuffs ended up being 14 rows long because that's how much red yarn i had. you can do yours as long or short as you want.

for the body of the socks i knitted from 1 ball of yarn. one sock from the center and one sock from the outside.

k1,p1ing, k1,p1ing, k1,p1ing...

eh, this looks long enough.

ready for the toes.

2.) decrease for the toes

k1,p1 in red

this is the SECOND row of decreases. i forgot to take a pic of the first row.

row 1: k1, p1, k1, p1, k2tog, k1, p1, until HALF of the total*, k1, p1 to the end --> do the same on your next sock
row 2: k1, p1, for half minus 5**, k2tog, k1, p1 for half the total, k2tog, p1, k1, p1, k1 --> do the same on your next sock

repeat.

*i had 50 total so half is 25. (the pic is of the 2nd decreasing row so it's 24.)
** half minus 5 the total for the row in the pic is 48. half=24. 24-5=19

keep decreasing until you feel good about your toe width. nicholas has really wide feet so i left it pretty blunt.

shuffle around your stitches so they look like this. i actually took all my stitches off and was REALLY careful putting them back on.

cut off a long tail and bring the end to one side so you can stitch up the toe.

stitch the toe. you can use the kitchener stitch but it never works for me so i stopped trying :P

3.) stitch up the side.

weave the end of the yarn to the seam and stitch it up. i used a blanket stitch.

all blanket stitched and ends woven.


totally easy!