Jaywalking with a chimney!
The Flame was occupied this weekend so I'm afraid the toe chimney photo essay involved myself and the couch. This is Lucy Neatby's technique and she does a fabulous job of explaining it in her fun book Cool Socks, Warm Feet and on her website.
Hold the chimney inside the sock with your non-sewing hand. Match up the stitches and notice how your contrast yarn shows you the path your grafting yarn will follow. Start in the middle with a NEW piece of yarn.
Graft to the end, making sure you catch the stitches at the end.
Re-thread the needle with the yarn from the middle of the toe, and graft out to the other end.
If you flip the sock inside out, you will see a neat row of stitches on either side of the chimney. Unravel if you're ready and you're done! I found this method very easy as the path of the graft is right before you and it is very easy to get your tension right the first time. That said, I did the other sock straight off the needles with a fresh piece of yarn and found it just as tidy.
Hold the chimney inside the sock with your non-sewing hand. Match up the stitches and notice how your contrast yarn shows you the path your grafting yarn will follow. Start in the middle with a NEW piece of yarn.
Graft to the end, making sure you catch the stitches at the end.
Re-thread the needle with the yarn from the middle of the toe, and graft out to the other end.
If you flip the sock inside out, you will see a neat row of stitches on either side of the chimney. Unravel if you're ready and you're done! I found this method very easy as the path of the graft is right before you and it is very easy to get your tension right the first time. That said, I did the other sock straight off the needles with a fresh piece of yarn and found it just as tidy.
posted by Angela at 10:43 PM
6 Comments:
extremely cool socks!!
Well you won't have cold feet OR eyes with those socks! Neat!
You really have the stripes matched up perfectly on those socks. No fraternal twins, there.
Those look so great!! I'll have to try the chimney thing, too.
Y'know I have used that chimney technique and I have to say "All hail, Lucy N"
Oh! That yarn is amazing! What yarn is that? I looooove it!
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