The answer to avid knitters who recognize knitting needles as the only possible tool was crocheted socks . Their scheme is quite rare, verbal versions of descriptions are more widely used.
The hook allows you to create a relatively stiff and dense canvas, which increases the service life of the product and gives it a sharper shape.
What yarn to use
For socks, wool is traditionally used, both pure and in combination with cotton, acrylic or polyamide. To increase the density of the areas that are most quickly wiped (heel and toes), a nylon thread is mixed into the main yarn.
Despite the apparent similarity of acrylic yarn to wool, you should not choose a synthetic material, since it will not heat at all. Yarn of medium thickness is best suited for crocheting socks. A pattern of any pattern is usually designed for a thread of about 400 m / 100 grams. You can, of course, choose yarn much thicker (200-300 m / 100 grams), but then you will have to do only with single crochet (STB) or double crochet (STN).
How to crochet socks
It should be noted that this product can be performed by both beginners and experienced craftswomen. However, some and others will require extraordinary stubbornness and perseverance, since there is no single recipe for knitting socks.
The difficulty lies in the fact that even if a description is given that can be used to crochet a sock, the pattern is often designed for a thread of a specific thickness. If the craftswoman plans to use other material, she will have to adjust and adjust the instructions.
It is best to work independently from the outset, perceiving the algorithm as recommendations. Sometimes the resulting impromptu pleasantly surprises even the knitter herself.
Beginning of work
Starting to knit a sock, you should perform 9 air loops. Then work, observing the following sequence:
- Knit stbn along the VP chain.
- At its end, tie out 2StBN. Further work will go in circular rows.
- Perform stbn on a flat area.
- At the second end, knit 2StBN. Then knit, adding loops in the same way.
Trying on a part on the foot, or applying to a pattern, you can determine when it is time to stop adding.
The toe section from the last application to the lifting of the legs is knitted evenly, in circular rows. In the case when the toe will be multi-colored, as in the picture, the circular rows should begin and end on the sole of the product.
Crochet toe: heel knitting pattern
After the front part of the sock is ready, you need to count the columns and divide their number by two. Next, you need to knit only the lower half of the sock with direct poisons (to a height of 3-5 cm, depending on the size of the leg).
The next step will involve the hardest part, the heel. First, you need to knit a narrowed, and then an expanding fabric, so that a crocheted sock of the correct shape is obtained. A diagram of this part is suggested below.
The number of columns and rows is conditional, each craftswoman will have her own. Some columns in the figure are indicated by colored markers. This is done in order to make it clear in which places the part should be connected.
The first part of the heel (narrowing) is knitted with an even cloth. In the manufacturing process of the second, you need to fasten the canvas to the first part with connecting posts.
Process completion
When the heel is ready, there is very little left: to tie the bootleg. Its height can be absolutely any, from a few centimeters to the knee. By this principle, women's, children's and men's socks are crocheted. The schemes will be exactly the same, however, due to the difference in size, the number of columns will be very different.
If the craftswoman wants to decorate her creation, it is just on this detail that it is most convenient to place a pattern. There are no additions and reductions and you can roam.
However, there are frequent cases when the sock is made almost completely openwork. Only the heel and toes remain tight.
Crochet: Sock Slipper Patterns
Crochet short slippers are a simplified version of socks. The algorithm for creating them is quite simple:
- Knit a circle of 6 stn. You can start just like socks with a chain of VPs.
- The circle is increased (6 stn in each row) until it is sized to form the slipper part.
- Then do circular knitting without additions until the part reaches the rise of the leg.
- The rest of the slipper is knitted evenly, working with only half of all the columns.
- Then the slippers are sewn to the side and complete the binding.
At the last stage, the product can be decorated with a pompom or flower.