The toe of your sock is done, and now it’s time for the most relaxing part of knitting a sock; the foot. This is go-with-the-flow knitting till the foot is long enough. In the video tutorial I show you how to make these stitches and a few little tips along the way.

Resources

Overview of materials needed for knitting socks

I use the following materials in the video tutorials

Scheepjes Our Tribe is available from Wool Warehouse (UK/Int), Love Crafts (USA), Caro’s Atelier (NL/EU) or your favorite Scheepjes Stockist.

Video Tutorial

In the foot video tutorial I show you how to work the main body of the sock. I also give a few tips along the way, like how to prevent the jump in color when joining the new color for the foot. For the rest, enjoy this relaxing part of the sock knitting process.

Pattern

Abbreviations

k knit
kte knit all stitches to end of needle

Instructions

Note that there are 3 instructions given in round brackets, these are for socks size (small, medium, large). Refer to the table HERE for details on which size you are making.

At this point the toe is completed and you have fastened off the solid color you used for the toe. Continue with the second (color changing) yarn for the foot of the sock. You will have half your stitches on needle 1 and half on needle 2.

Round 1 kte on both needles.
[56, 64, 72]

Rounds 2 onwards Repeat Round 1 for in total (50, 54, 58) times till correct length of the foot. Leave yarn attached.
[56, 64, 72]

Gauge

The gauge for the socks given in this pattern is 5cm x 5cm equals 15 stitches x 19 rows in stockinet stitch.

With the given gauge, the number of rows given should be in the order needed for the sock to fit. However, testing might be a good idea. Test if the sock fits by putting the sock on your foot. The sock should come to just below the starting point of your heel, definitely not on your heel. In general, stop about 6cm / 2.5in before the end of your foot. A sock needs to stretch a bit, so if the sock is already on your heel, it will be too big when finished. When in doubt, a bit smaller is better than a bit larger.

A few notes when knitting the foot

Using a new color for the foot will leave a jump in the color where the new color is joined. The reason for this is that a sock in knitted in s spiral. To prevent this jump, after knitting round 2 and when you start round 2, pick up a loop from the first stitch directly below the stitches of round 1, and knit this loop together with the first stitch of round 2. The process pulls the stitches level and will prevent the visible jump.

When you knit a sock for the first time, it’s very possible that you have a ladder showing at the edges of the sock, so where you change from needle 1 to needle 2 and vice versa. This happens when the tension of the stiches is different on the edges than in the middle of the needle. What you are most likely doing is that you are pulling the yarn tightly after turning, which makes the first and last stitches on the needle too small, hence the ladder. Try to relax on those edges and keep your work stable. What also helps a bit is after pulling the needle back when you have completed a half-round, pull your sock down to even out the tension over all the stitches; in the video I show what I mean by this.

This is my favorite part of knitting a sock; the foot and also the leg later on. Enjoy the relaxing knitting of the rounds. Just remember to stop in time! You will not the be the first person to knit too many rounds for the foot.

Your sock at this point

After completing the foot, your sock half way done. Your work will now look something like this.

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How to knit toe-up socks – Foot