A few weeks ago, I shared a technique for cranking handpainted socks with contrasting heels and toes on the CSM. It’s a great method, BUT it can cause a disruption or a “jog” in the pooling of a handpainted sock yarn. The visual “jog” was bothering me so much, I had to find another way of making socks on the circular sock knitting machine with contrasting heels and toes WITHOUT cutting the main yarn.
And so on today’s video, we are going to knit these contrasting heels and toes socks with a different method where we will hopefully avoid any sort of disruption to the colour pattern in your yarn.
If you like these episodes about the circular sock knitting machines, I do have a number of videos about knitting CSM socks. We’re also always creating new and different kinds of colourways and yarns every month in our Secret Stash Club for SweetGeorgia. I hope you’ll join us there!
Notes from this episode:
- I’m wearing the Summer in Provence top, designed by Tabetha Hedrick, knit in Flaxen Silk Fine in London Fog.
- I’m using the SweetGeorgia Secret Stash Club yarn for June 2024 called “Lightning Rod”. The June set includes a mini-skein of Tough Love Sock in “Deep Orchid”. You can also shop additional handpainted yarn colourways here.
- I crank my socks on my Erlbacher Speedster Circular Sock Machine with a 64-stitch cylinder. I crank 20 rounds of contrasting colour for the hung hem, 70 rounds for the leg in the main colour, and 63 rounds for the foot in the main colour. I describe how I crank my standard stockinette CSM sock with short row heels and toes here. You may choose different cuff, leg, and foot rounds depending on the size of sock you want to crank. Once you finish the sock, you can graft the toe closed.
