Warm woolen socks are useful in cold weather for both adults and children. It is believed that providing a family with warm, homemade hosiery is the prerogative of grandmothers, who seem to know how to knit socks from birth. For beginners who have mastered only the front and back loops, this wardrobe item seems too complicated. If you follow the instructions and follow the calculation of the loops, knitting will not be at all difficult.
How to start knitting socks
Traditionally, classic socks are knitted on 5 knitting needles from a woolen or semi-woolen thread. Angora, rabbit fluff, or dog hair can be used, but for beginners it will be more convenient to knit from standard wool hanks purchased from craft stores.
Advice. The thickness of the knitting needle should correspond to the thickness of the thread folded in half and slightly taut.
The number of loops that you need to dial to start knitting should be divisible by 4. Their number depends on the thickness of the thread and on the density of knitting, and on the number of knitting needles, but practice shows that, on average, 44 loops + 1 are needed to wear on an adult leg to connect the circle.
Advice. It is better to dial loops for the first row by connecting all 5 knitting needles, well, or at least 3. This is necessary so that the elastic stretches better, and the sock is easier to put on.
After all the loops are dialed, you need to distribute them evenly over 4 knitting needles, 5 knitting needles will be working. Knitting socks with knitting needles for beginners is easy if they are familiar with 1/1 or 2/2 knit elastic. Its height depends on personal preference and can be anything.
How to tie the heel of a sock correctly
After the end of the knitting of the elastic, another 5-6 cm needs to be knitted with face loops and you can start knitting the heel. It is this moment that somehow scares those who are trying to knit socks for the first time. For beginners especially, this part of the product seems to be the most difficult. Following the exact step-by-step instructions, you need to do the following:
1. Remove the loops from one knitting needle to the next, so that only 3 remain in the work.
2. On one knitting needle, knit 19 rows, alternating the front row and the wrong one (garter stitch).
3. Divide the number of loops into 3 parts. If there are 22 loops on the spoke, then there will be 8 loops in the middle part, and 7 on the side ones.
4. Knit 7 loops from the beginning of the row, then 7 more loops from the main part, and knit the last 8 loop together with 3 parts.
5. Turn the product over without knitting part 3 and knit 7 loops of the main part again, and knit 8 loops with the extreme loop of the side part.
6. Turn the product over again and continue knitting so that there are always 8 loops in the main part.
As soon as the loops of the side parts end, and 8 loops remain on the spoke, then the question of how to knit the heel of the sock with knitting needles is resolved.
Finishing knitting sock
Next, you need to knit in a circular knit, but first you have to dial on those sides where there are no loops, the missing number is 7 loops. The work continues in a circle, periodically trying on the sock. As soon as the outer row reaches the end of the little finger, you need to complete the work correctly so that the socks tied on 5 needles are comfortable and comfortable to wear. To do this, simply knit together the loops of each row on adjacent knitting needles.
