Analyzing 14 years of sock knitting!

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[@andreamiller6200]

The moment you publish your sock book in English, I am buying! I actually went to medical school at McGill in the 1990s and learned enough French to greet my patients but to my everlasting regret I could not retain the French I learned after moving back to the States (no way to continue to practice it). And now my hearing loss prevents me from secure attainment of French anew. I am beyond grateful that you share your prodigious bilingual skill with us. 🙏💪❤

[@cloknits]

McGill is such a great place, i'm sure you had a good time in Montreal. Thanks for leaving a comment.

[@marybarratt2649]

This podcast was most welcome. Look forward to your book.

[@cloknits]

Thank you so much

[@user-wo5ws5wl3x]

Yes! I need your book in English! Would be great if you could do a video on how you knit your socks. Want to do this but have no idea where to start. Thanks so much!!

[@cloknits]

Working on it!

[@helenjowett7879]

Merci! Very interesting and honest

[@martharobinson1603]

Loved this video! Thanks for sharing your sock knitting and wearing experience with us. ❤️

[@cloknits]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sheilapaoli83]

I love podcasts that highlight favorite patterns and wools. Thank you. Personally, I knit socks at 2.25 mm and mostly use sock yarn with nylon (more than 10%) but I'm lucky if they last a season! I do tons of patching....... I'm taking a break from socks for that reason.

[@cloknits]

My rule for longer wearing socks is: make sure they are tightly fitted (10% negative ease), never wear them without slippers in the house, no merino, 20% nylon.

[@jeanneb6320]

Would love more sock content!

[@cloknits]

Glad to hear it!

[@nicolelafontaine1720]

I love all your socks !!!

[@cloknits]

Thanks Nicole!

[@ursa-minor]

Have a look at Ryeland yarn. Sadly, the Ryeland sheep is not the sheep it once was due to breeding, but the yarn from their fleece is still tough, felt resistant + elastic

[@cloknits]

Where is the Ryeland sheep from? I've never heard of it. I would love to try some.

[@beccabbea2511]

@@cloknits its from England. I found this on Wikipedia: - The Ryeland is one of the oldest English sheep breeds going back seven centuries when the monks of Leominster in Herefordshire bred sheep and grazed them on the rye pastures, giving them their name. I hope that helps. I don’t know where you can buy the yarn.

[@ursa-minor]

Hi Clo

[@gardensandgracehomestead]

Thank you! Very good and interesting video.

[@cloknits]

Glad you liked it!

[@ShettikkaWoods-jl8iq]

Blessings and crochet 🧶👋🏾🤗

[@Sandy-lq9xe]

I am a new sock knitter and have already made some discoveries about what best suits my foot: like you, I don't have a preference between 1x1 ribbing and 2x2 ribbing; 2.0mm 9" Chaio Goo circulars are my favorite (switching to DPNs for the toe)...I am a tight knitter, so the 2.0mm gives me a really dense and long-wearing fabric; heel flap and gusset is my default and I always reduce the length of the heel flap to fit my foot, but I will try some other heels at some point; I agree with you that a contrasting color for a heel flap and gusset sock isn't as attractive as using the main color...for me, the cuff and toe get the contrasting colors; if the pattern has texture, I will follow the pattern but will often switch to stockinette for the foot, as I prefer the smooth feel of stockinette over texture (and the foot is always hidden inside the shoe, anyway); I am committed to learning the forethought heel when I get around to using self-striping yarn as that seems to best way to achieve two identical socks. And the forethought heel will look nice with a contrasting color. And finally, my first and only attempt at toe-up was a disaster, so I am sticking with cuff-down. At least until the trauma of the toe-up experience has subsided. 🙂

[@cloknits]

Thank you for sharing your sock experience with us. It motivates me to try the 2mm needles.

[@beccabbea2511]

Thank you for sharing this video, it’s really informative and interesting. I love knitting socks and new handbags are only purchased if they have enough room to take my latest sock knitting project. I’ve been knitting socks for years. I was quite ill several years ago and started knitting socks as I found them very therapeutic. Now I mostly knit toe up socks as I find grafting the toes harder to see now, age does that,😢 sigh! 😉 If I do knit top down I knit the toe in garter stitch and do a three needle cast off or cast off using Russian grafting. I do want to try the pointed toe and see how it goes, I know they fit well as a friend almost always does that style and she gifted me a pair of thick winter socks. When I knit a short row heel, either as I go or as a before thought heel I find it helps to increase the number of stitches two rounds before the heel shaping starts or before inserting the spare yarn and the decreasing the same amount two rows after. This gives a bit more width around the heel section. I have also knitted sideways socks. They are fun and knitted in garter stitch for stretch and grip. Nowadays I rarely try to match the socks and often deliberately knit mismatched socks, that’s my daughter-in-laws influence. I think it was StyleCraft yarns who made a sock yarn when one repeat was then length of a complete sock. I knitted one sock starting from the middle of the ball and the second starting from the outside. They are one of my favourite pairs of socks. Have you tried ‘Alice’s Illusion Socks' by Alice Bell? (The pattern is still on line and is free). They are knitted in stripes using two different solid colours in such away that when you tilt them in a certain way you can see a cat with a long tail. If you ever do make them it is better to knit the sole on a size smaller needles. I used two different circular needles. They really are fun to make and fun to wear. Like you I wear my hand knitted socks most of the time because they are so comfortable, especially as summer this year is so late in arriving. Thank you once again for sharing. 🧶 🧦 😅

[@cloknits]

Thank you so much for all your beautiful knowledge. 😍

[@rebeccaayscue3275]

Love love love that, your kids stole your socks !!!

[@cloknits]

They just decide when something becomes theirs haha

[@maxx6050]

Thanks for this very informative and interesting podcast on sock 🧦 knitting.

[@cloknits]

You are so welcome!

[@markknittergal4263]

Would you please comment on the fit of the fleegle heel? I missed if its a good fit for high arched feet. I definitely do not fit the short row heels and absolutely loved this run down of your experiences! I did try it once, was so disappointed they did not work for me and never tried anything different than heel flap and gusset. I sure hope I can buy your book in english, looks hecka fun to plug in and play!! 🎉

[@cloknits]

Yes the fleegle heel is a good one of gauge arches. I feel like socks are a perfect plug and play item as they all have the same sections but so many options in each.

[@melsharp4613]

Thanks for this great video! It's fantastic to see how your socks are wearing, and what does and doesn't work for you. I would love to see videos on how to get good fitting socks, and how to work out what you need for a gusset, etc. Will also be really interested to hear if you do experiment with a sock on 2mm needles and the other on 2.25mm to see how it goes. I also wonder if my socks would fit better in some places if I simply switched from 2.25mm down to 2mm...mine feel baggy around my ankle, but I need the width for my instep.

[@cloknits]

Good fitting socks are magical, I'll make a video about it for sure.

[@beccabbea2511]

Have you tried increasing the amount of stitches just before and just after knitting the heel? I find this helps. Two rounds before starting the shaping I add my extra stitches knit the heel and then decrease two rounds after I finish the heel. I only increase on the back of the sock to give extra room in the heel. I opted for two rounds before and after as it was easier if you use the before thought method.

[@LottaSocks]

Oooh, socks! I love 9” circs (DPs toe + gusset pick up), work in tandem (inside + outside of ball/cake). I have high arch, so flap + gusset usually. Tried the Anneh Fletcher heel, didn’t work w yarn/ needles. Must try again though! I have Mina’s sock patterns… forgot (gasp!!!) about those patterns w mini gusset for SR heels. Very curious re the round heel/thumb construction!! I prefer 10 sts/inch for best wear (using US#0/2mm). Learning to prefer non-merino as well, but if make a tighter gauge, may last longer? Yes!!! to BFL for socks! West Yorkshire Spinners, John Arbon’s Exmoor sock yarn, Regia, Schoppel-Wolle (of Zauberball fame), Zitron, Paton’s Kroy are my faves for socks. I still have 20 yr old Regia socks! Yardage per gram is another way to match yarn to needle size. 463y/100g is light fingering (I’ll use 2mm needle) versus 420y (or 440)/100g is heavier fingering; where I’ll use 2.25mm. Which affects stitch counts! Sorry for length of post! It’s just so much fun trying different heels, toes, ribbings, patterns etc! I need to make more short leg socks to play w different heels… Thanks for more sock ideas!

[@cloknits]

No need to apologize for long comments, socks are exciting! 😍

[@beccabbea2511]

I enjoyed your comment. You sound as bad as me! Sock yarn is a must have. Before covid I went to a Woolly Wales yarn show. Oh the yarn! I know what I’m like so I deliberately limited my cash and left my card at home. I refuse to say how much sock yarn I have on grounds I will incriminate myself. 😂 Five years ago I visited some knitwear shops in Ireland, they were heaven. 😇

[@LottaSocks]

@@beccabbea2511 Your sock stash may or may not be similar to mine… your secret is safe with me! I really love all the pretty hand dyed merino “sock” yarn, but I will make shawls, cowls, hats, fingerless mitts with them! That said, if I keep making socks (because…FUN!), I figure if I have enough, each pair won’t get that much wear, so…. I keep telling myself to try different heels. But I cast on & forget to make a shortie for a new-to-me heel. Love a K/P textured sock! Have fun making your socks!!

[@pennycorrigan2190]

My first time on you site, great review on what i love to knit. I have socks that are 10 plus years old, and i even knit new feet for them because i am so bad at mending holes. Do you have a video on mending holes? your darning looks great. Knit On!

[@cloknits]

I made some of those darnings with a mini darling loom. I will make a video about it.

[@lizhamilton4920]

Love the socks video. Have been knitting for many many years but only started knitting socks a couple of years ago…don’t ask me why. Now I’m obsessed about all the ways socks can come together. How do I purchase your book. I think I can get through the French version as long as the abbreviations are the same in English? I don’t know. 🤔

[@cloknits]

The french book has all french abbreviations as well. I think it would be a little confusing if you don't speak french unfortunately. That's why I really want to get an english translation!

[@phoeberta]

I love these videos about patterns you've knit over the years - because yes, just because you enjoyed the knitting doesn't mean you'll enjoy the wearing! I'm checking out several of the tank patterns that you showed recently - just have to figure out if they'll work for my very different shape! Definitely interested in your book when you're able to publish an English translation - keep us posted. I'm going to take the plunge and knit some socks for my husband - but I worry about his tendency to wear out socks on the bottom at both heel and ball of foot. I'm considering knitting the sole in eye of partridge texture like my preferred heel flap. Do you have any thoughts about the feasibility of this?

[@cloknits]

You can knit the sole in a slipped stitch pattern but the problem is that it's a shorter row gauge than stockinette so you end up with a sock that as a longer insole than sole... you can add a few short rows at the sole every once in a while but it will take some figuring out for sure

[@phoeberta]

@@cloknits Looks like there's swatching in my future - but he's worth it! 😀

[@beverleybaldeh1017]

Hi Clo loved your podcast. I was just wondering if it is possible to do heel flap and gusset toe up.

[@cloknits]

Absolutely, it just takes a bit more calculations to know when to start the gusset.

[@KnittingAlongTheRockies]

What good timing! I’m on my second sock of my very first pair. I’m going pretty basic with a wedge toe and after thought heel. I think the first one fits ok. I will try different heels and toes on others. I knit one with double pointed needles and I’m trying 9” circulars for the other just to see if it affects my gauge or if I like the method better. I had to make the smallest circumference and it seems a little tight to go around the circumference of the 9” needles, but it doesn’t seem to be stretching my stitches. Are your socks a little snug on the shortie circulars? Also what heel do you find to be the best wearing? Or does it mainly just depend on the yarn? Thanks!

[@cloknits]

All great question. Do you mind if I answer them in the next video?

[@armellec.4101]

Bonjour, j'aime aussi t'écouter en anglais, et ton "accent" en anglais. C'est bien pour pratiquer les langues. As-tu fait la même vidéo en français ? Bonne journée et bonnes vacances en famille 🏖️

[@cloknits]

J'ai fait une vidéo comme celle là il y a quelques années. J'imagine que je serais due pour en refaire une.

[@alejandracarmonacannobbio3677]

What kind of nadels are flexi flips? Can you tell us more about it?

[@cloknits]

They are by Addi and you get 3 double pointed needles that have a flexible cable in the centre which allows you to use only 2 needles to hold all your stitches and knit with the third one.

[@alejandracarmonacannobbio3677]

@@cloknitsGreat!! I will look for this!

[@faribayagoobian7721]

I am a beginner knitter and want to learn how to make a sweater . Any ideas which channel please ?

[@lanilandsberg1805]

Try the Step by Step sweater by Handmade by Florence, it's a free pattern with video instruction.

[@lanilandsberg1805]

Clo Knits also has a first sweater video, doing the Warm Up sweater by Espace Tricot, a free pattern too.

[@faribayagoobian7721]

@@lanilandsberg1805 Thank you very much 🙏🏼🌹

[@faribayagoobian7721]

@@lanilandsberg1805 Thank you very much again 🙏🏼🌹

[@cloknits]

You can check out my step by step for the Warm Up sweater. ❤️

[@faribayagoobian7721]

Anyone knows a channel to learn how to knit socks for absolute beginner knitter please ?

[@beccabbea2511]

KZbin have a few videos. I don’t know how good they are though. Just search sock knitting for beginners. Have fun, it’s very therapeutic.

[@faribayagoobian7721]

@@beccabbea2511 🙏🏼🌹🙏🏼🌹

[@cloknits]

I plan on making some but in the meantime you can go check out @CrazySockLady She has great tutorials.