THE TOE

WHEN KNITTING SOCKS ON CIRCULAR NEEDLES, YOU DON’T HAVE TO ADJUST ANY STITCHES FOR TOE DECREASES OR FOR WEAVING THE TOE, THEY ARE ALREADY ALL DIVIDED EVENLY ON TWO NEEDLES. 
IF YOU ARE KNITTING SOCKS ON DOUBLE POINT NEEDLES, YOU WILL HAVE TO ADJUST THE STITCHES AS DIRECTED IN THE SOCK CHART INSTRUCTIONS.

WHEN THE BODY OF YOUR SOCK IS THE DESIRED LENGTH TO THE BEGINNING OF THE TOE DECREASES -- (THE ‘RULE OF THUMB’ IS THAT THE SOCK SHOULD BE 1 ½ INCHES LESS THAN THE TOTAL DESIRED LENGTH OF THE SOCK) YOU WILL BEGIN DECREASING AT EITHER END OF EACH NEEDLE AND YOU WILL DECREASE EVERY OTHER ROUND.

YOUR DECREASE ROUND WILL GO LIKE THIS:

WORK 1, DECREASE (LEFT SLANT), WORK TO WITHIN 3 STITCHES FROM THE END OF THE SAME NEEDLE, DECREASE (RIGHT SLANT), WORK 1.

ALL OF YOUR DECREASES SHOULD SLANT TOWARD THE CENTER OF YOUR SOCK, MAKING FOUR NICE LINES ALONG THE TOE.

DO THE SAME ON THE SECOND NEEDLE, THEN WORK ONE COMPLETE ROUND EVEN (WITHOUT ANY DECREASES).

WHEN YOU HAVE DONE THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF DECREASE ROWS (COLUMN “T”), YOU SHOULD HAVE THE AMOUNT OF STITCHES AS LISTED IN COLUMN “R” AND THEY SHOULD BE ON YOUR NEEDLES AS PICTURED IN COLUMN “S”.

 NOW YOU ARE READY TO WEAVE THE TOE!