A couple of sock references
Mostly for the benefit of any knitting types who read my LJ, and for my future reference.
Sock tutorial with photos - this explains how to knit a top-down sock, accompanying it with photos of each stage. It doesn't give any stitch counts...
...but that's what the Basic Sock Chart [PDF] is for. This gives a good summary of how many stitches to cast on, how many rows, and also how to arrange stitches on your needles.
Good references for when the pattern you got with your sock kit assumes that you want to use stitch markers that you have to shift every row rather than just using where you change needles as a reference.
I can understand why the markers - you could be knitting on circular needles rather than double-pointed ones, right?
Right. Except the pattern is in a kit that comes with double-pointed needles. Mutter mutter.
Sock tutorial with photos - this explains how to knit a top-down sock, accompanying it with photos of each stage. It doesn't give any stitch counts...
...but that's what the Basic Sock Chart [PDF] is for. This gives a good summary of how many stitches to cast on, how many rows, and also how to arrange stitches on your needles.
Good references for when the pattern you got with your sock kit assumes that you want to use stitch markers that you have to shift every row rather than just using where you change needles as a reference.
I can understand why the markers - you could be knitting on circular needles rather than double-pointed ones, right?
Right. Except the pattern is in a kit that comes with double-pointed needles. Mutter mutter.