I have been emailing a friend my instructions for double bed machine knit socks. Well, you know how it goes, back and forth emails and I probably just confused her more (when I explained my techniques). My goal here is to not stretch or over extend the end stitches you are transferring to both beds.
Being such a wonderful lady I promised her I would sit down, knit a sock and take pictures of my technique for eliminating the heel hole often a result of the double bed & short rows. Thought I would share with all of you as well.
There are quite a few photos, my explanations under each. Click the email button on the top right of the blog if you have any questions, I would be happy to help!
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| Ankle Done, Time To Start The Heel |
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| Open Beds, Allow End RB Needles To Pull Up |
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| Attach & Thread Up MB Sinker Plate (mine is on the left) |
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Set Machine To Hold & Begin Short Rows Until All
Decreases Are Done |
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| Short Row Increase Manually Wrapping Each Needle |
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| Last Two Needles In Hold (carriage on left) |
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| Wrap Left Needle & Knit To Right |
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Pull The End Left Needle Out To Hold Again, Wrap Right End Needle,
Knit to Left |
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| Now You Have This |
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| Picking Up The Inside Of Loop On Previous Row |
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| Turn Stitch & Place On Left Most Ribber Needle |
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Manually Knit The Left Most Main Bed Needle It Will Look Like This,
Repeat On Right Side |
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| Ribber Bed Right Most Stitch, Pick Up Purl Bump, Slide Onto Transfer Tool, Hang Transfer Tool On Main Bed, Repeat On Left Side |
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| It Will Look Like This |
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Close Beds, Transfer Rib Bed Stitches To End Main Bed Needles;
Continue Knitting Sock |
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| Completed, No Holes |
I have no idea what brand of sock yarn this is (I had it marked wool/nylon), I do notice the yarn fuzz that accumulated on the ribber from just this pair of socks.
