Getting Started Knitting Socks - Part 7 - Foot

The foot is knitted in St st until the piece measures 8.75 inches from the back of the heel, or about 2.25 inches less than the desired total foot length. For this pair of socks, I knitted the foot until it came to the base of my big toe when I tried it on.

While knitting the foot, I made the decision to shorten my bamboo chopstick double-pointed needles to six inches. Now, there's not a lot of extra needle sticking out from the sock while I'm knitting. They were 8.875 inches long when I started. Each needle is now a little over six inches long.

I have run out of yarn right before starting the toe. This is one of the best reasons for making toe-up socks (if you run out of yarn making toe-up socks, you just make the leg shorter). Fortunately, the yarn I'm using is a staple at the LYS, so I was able to buy another skein of yarn in the same colorway and lot number. I'll have left-over yarn.


The foot of the socks is finished, shown here on 4 dpns.


This is a picture of my socks project bag, which used to be a storage bag for king-sized sheets. It also has a little pocket which I use to store needles, scissors, stitch markers, whatever. The top has a zipper. I like it because I can see through it.

The next part of the sock is the toe.