Short or Long Round Sock Toe (Cuff Down) // Technique Tuesday

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This video demonstrates two approaches for knitting the Round Toe for socks, the Short Round Toe and the Long Round Toe. How to determine the toe length you need, as well as how to modify the toe formulas in order to produce a toe of that length is explained.

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Basics of a round toe: 0:21
Setting up to knit the round toe: 2:50
Dec Rnd 1: 4:32
Dec Rnd 2: 5:20
Keeping track of your plain rounds: 6:53
Fastening off: 7:47
How long should the round toe be (and modifying for desired length): 9:48
Using the Round Toe Calculator spreadsheet: 11:37

Formulas for the two versions of the round toe:
Short Round Toe (modify by adding/removing plain rounds, as needed)
Dec Rnd 1: *K6, k2tog, rep from * to end of round.
Knit 2 rounds.
Dec Rnd 2: *K5, k2tog, rep from * to end of round.
Knit 2 rounds.
Dec Rnd 3: *K4, k2tog, rep from * to end of round.
Knit 2 rounds.
Dec Rnd 4: *K3, k2tog, rep from * to end of round.
Knit 2 rounds.
Dec Rnd 5: *K2, k2tog, rep from * to end of round.
Knit 2 rounds.
Dec Rnd 6: *K1, k2tog, rep from * to end of round.
Knit 2 rounds.
Dec Rnd 7: *K2tog, rep from * to end of round.

Long Round Toe (modify by adding/removing plain rounds, as needed)
Dec Rnd 1: *K6, k2tog, rep from * to end of round.
Knit 6 rounds.
Dec Rnd 2: *K5, k2tog, rep from * to end of round.
Knit 5 rounds.
Dec Rnd 3: *K4, k2tog, rep from * to end of round.
Knit 4 rounds.
Dec Rnd 4: *K3, k2tog, rep from * to end of round.
Knit 3 rounds.
Dec Rnd 5: *K2, k2tog, rep from * to end of round.
Knit 2 rounds.
Dec Rnd 6: *K1, k2tog, rep from * to end of round.
Knit 1 round.
Dec Rnd 7: *K2tog, rep from * to end of round.

Round Toe Calculator spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/yyodmvbj


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