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Re: Help, please, with knitty toe-up socks formula

Dear Georgia, thank you. You mean that since D = 42 and so D x 0.4 is

> 16.8, I should round it to the 16 rather than to the 18? (Sorry to need > it spelled out in words of one syllable.) > > Georgia wrote: > > It's the migraine; D is not the same as D multiplied by 0.4. Actually, what > > I guess they mean is, if you started with an odd number, stay odd, and if > > you started with an even number, stay even, and you can round up or down. > > > > Georgia > > > >>Maybe it's the migraine drugs, but > >>
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>>has me confused:> >>> >>Determine number of sts at end of Toe and Heel: Multiply D by 0.4.> >>If D is odd, round to nearest odd number;> >>if D is even, round to nearest even number: _______ (E)> >> > >>If it is odd, round to the nearest odd number? Doesn't that just mean > >>add 2? > >> > >>Also, the number I got was 16.8. Does that mean call it 17 and round to > >>19, or what? > >> > >>TIA... > > > > > >
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Georgia
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I find this description a little confusing also. I use Wendy's toe up pattern

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(which is reallysimilar) and she says:Multiply the number of inches you get by the number of stitches youget per inch when you do a gauge swatch. Then subtract 10% from thattotal. Fudge your number so it's divisible by 4. This will make anice, snug-fitting sock. This pattern is written using 60 stitchesaround for the sock, with changes for 64 stitches in parentheses. From me again: I like to have the stitches on each needle be divisible by 4, nice for a 2x2 rib on the leg for instance. So I usually end up with 64 stitches, you use half for the toe beginning so I cast on 32 stitches and work from there.

Alison

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Alison

Anything that says "fudge it so you get a number divisible by 4" is my kinda instruction! Thanks a million. I'm using Opal on 00 needles so this is starting to make my hands hurt.

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spampot

I've gotten that toe done and am doing the foot, which is nice & straightforward (people at a workshop I attended yesterday expressed amazement that I could not only knit and listen and take notes, but could knit while I asked questions and explained things; it's no big deal to a knitter, of course!).

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spampot

Oh Good! I started another sock today and had to request no conversation till I got the toe done. Now I'm speeding away on the foot like you which requires very little thought!

Alison

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Alison

I am glad people are talking about this -- I am eager to try this pattern but haven't started yet. Maybe I will have to tuck some sock yarn into my suitcase. I did pick up some smaller sock needles today as I think I will go down a size for a snugger fit on my next pair.

Judy

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JCT

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