Knitting skills on knitting needles have survived to this day. In addition, hands-related things are always fashionable, comfortable and beautiful. If you live in a region with a cold climate, then you know all this not by hearsay. And finally, knitting itself is a great way to get rid of stress, so today we'll talk about how to knit children's socks correctly. So to say, we will kill two birds with one stone, and we will get rid of stress, and we will dress our baby.
How to knit baby socks: basic rules
So, starting knitting children's socks, you must follow some simple rules. Namely, it is right to choose the thickness of the thread and spokes and remove the necessary measures.
In general, according to the rules of knitting, the thread should be 2 times thinner than the knitting needle, but in knitting socks this rule does not always work. If you are used to loose knots, the thread and knitting need to be almost the same thickness, because the socks knit quite tightly.
Now about the measures. Decide on what height you want to tie the boot of the sock, and remove the 2 measures. The first is the circumference of the baby's leg in the designated place, and the second is the distance from the designated point of height to the ankle. Next, we take measurements of the foot. Measure the following distances:
- from the tip of the thumb to the back of the heel;
- from the lowest point of the heel to the base of the little finger;
- from the back of the heel to the tip of the little finger;
- from the outer to the inner edge of the foot, passing a centimeter along its rear through the highest place, the so-called lift of the foot.
Well, now you can move on to practice.
How to knit an ankle boot?
First, put 10 loops on two spokes and tie the sample with an elastic band 1 to 1 centimeter. 7. Then put a centimeter tape parallel to the spoke and see how many loops fit in 1 cm. Suppose this is a number of 2. Then, with a leg circumference of 20 cm, you need to type 40 loops (20 * 2 = 40).
Distribute these loops into 4 spokes, and the fifth knit from the first row with an elastic band 1 by 1. And the first loop here is not edge-like, as in non-circular knitting, namely the first one. Having tied all 40 loops to the end, knit crochet in a ring. For the best tightening of the circle, change the last 40th loop with the first loop. Now knit in a circle rubber band 1 by 1 almost to the end of the bootleg height.
For example, if this height is 10 cm, then knit with an elastic band of 9 cm. For the last 1-1.5 cm, tie one face to one, loosening one loop on each spoke. Just do not subtract them all in one row, it is better to distribute the decrease by 3-4 rows. In the first row, lower 1 loop on the first and third spokes, the next row is tying without decreasing, and in the third row, again reduce 1 loop, but on the second and fourth spokes. Everything, the bootleg is ready, we pass to the heeling of the heel.
How to knit a heel at socks?
The heel can be knit either by single facial loops, or by the so-called one-and-a-half knitting. The latter is preferable, because the canvas is thicker and denser. It is knit very simply, on the front side alternate one facial, one removed loop, and the thread must be left behind the work. And on the wrong side all the loops are knitted with the wrong side. But how to knit the heel of the sock correctly.
From half the number of loops, we now have 18, we knit a rectangle, the width of which should be half the length. And in the first row of the heel, you need to add 3 loops on each of the 2 spokes so that there are 12 of them on each spoke. Now we use the rectangle described above as a semi-viscous knit.
Now on the face of knitting we sew a one-and-a-half-stitch knot all the loops to the middle of the rectangle, loosen the needle from the hinges and move the knitting on two spokes further. From the middle of the rectangle we knit further 4 loops, and the fifth and sixth we sew together the facial. Knitting is turned inside out, we just remove the knotted loop, like the edge, and the next 9 loops are knitted with the backs. We loop the 10th and 11th loops together again, but purl and again turn the knitting.
Thus, we knit ten loops back and forth, at the end of each row the tenth and eleventh loops are knitted together until there are only 10 loops on the spokes, 5 from the midline of the heel. Spread them on 2 spokes, and start knitting the foot.
How to knit a foot?
The feet are knit in a circle, typing on the heel needles the required number of hinges from the edge. When the distance from the back of the heel point is equal to a quarter of the distance from the same point to the tip of the thumb, lower 1 loop on each spoke in the same way as you did on the bootleg. The same reduction should be done twice more, when you bind the foot to the middle, and then at the base of the little finger. And when the little finger is closed, it's time to knit a toe.
How to knit socks?
Here's how to knit a toe cap. At the end of each knitting needle in each row, the last two loops are knitted together. When there is only one loop on each spoke, it's time to finish off the sock.
How to finish a sock knit?
To finish knitting the sock, move all 4 loops to 1 spoke. Then tie the first and second together, one loop was made. Return it to the left knitting needle and repeat the procedure 2 more times. You have 1 loop left. Try on the toe on the baby's leg, and if it's okay, cut the thread from the tangle and pull it through the loop. Fix the thread on the wrong side of the sock crochet. That's all, now you know how to knit baby socks, do the handicap for health.