Comments on: Sock-u-lator Socks

By: Safety Boots

Safety Boots — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:53:03 +0000

Very nice, might have to get me some of those to where under my safety boots for working out in cold weather, I’m sure they would keep my feet nice and warm

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:27:31 +0000

Just what I was looking for…can’t wait to start my new project. Thanks a bunch!!

By: Lynne

Lynne — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:07:10 +0000

Thank you so much for this site – you make it so easy to knit up a pair of socks for every size and age!

Lately I’ve been unable to print out the instructions with the measurements on it – it comes out xx instead of the inches. It’s ok on the site, just won’t print out. Have you changed something or perhaps my computer has change somehow.

Thanks again!

By: lucia

lucia — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:44:08 +0000

Judi–
Formula’s only compute the stitch count. Changing from double points to circular has to do with how to word the pattern.

The difficulty is the wording for the double points says things like “first needle, second” etc. You could try using stitch markers to indicate where the needle points would have been if you’d used double points. (If you used 5 needles, you need four markers.)

By: Judi

Judi — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:30:40 +0000

Do you have a formula for translating double point patterns to either 1 or 2 circular needles.

I am learning how to knit socks on 1 circular, but would like to use some existing patterns written for dbl points.

Thank you,
Judi

By: lucia

lucia — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:36:30 +0000

Victoria–
Very few socks add the tweak of having separate foot and ankle widths. It’s do-able, but not easy, so I haven’t done it. The main way to deal with this is use yarn with lycra, or find someone who has charted socks with different ankle and foot widths.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:15:12 +0000

Small problem with your calculator – it does not take into account the difference between foot circumference and ankle circumference. I entered my foot circumference, and it asked me to cast on a number of stitches that would give me an ankle a full inch larger in circumference than my ankle. I have very wide feet and very skinny ankles, and I despair of finding a sock pattern that is not loose in the ankle and tight in the instep. Yours does not solve this problem.