Comments on: Another Way to Graft Toe

By: pocket change » links for 2006-04-28

pocket change » links for 2006-04-28 — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:24:41 +0000

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By: lucia

lucia — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:37:37 +0000

I’ve read Kitchener had his wife create leaflets to educate the soldiers on how to graft toes so they could make themselves comfortable socks. That’s how the stitch supposedly got it’s name. (I don’t know if the story is true.)

I think I’m going to this with a few more rows — then I’ll be able to fold the extra knitting in. With two, you have to unravel, and it’s a bit pesky. It is easier to see what you are doing than working on the needles though. (On the needles works too– but you need to go on faith that it’s right.)

By: kim

kim — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 04:25:35 +0000

the technique you describe is very similar to Lucy Neatby’s in “Cool Socks, Warm Feet”. I took a class from her a couple months ago and she walked us through the technique – much easier for me than Kitchner (Lucy told us to call it “grafting” since Kitchner was a military guy and knew nothing about knitting).

If you ever have a chance to take a class from Lucy, jump at it. She is just fantastic. Here is a link to my blog entry about it – http://kimrue.typepad.com/knitterama/2006/02/i_lucy_neatby.html#comments