The star-shaped toe in Jennifer Leigh’s Tilt-A-Whirl socks in New Directions in Sock Knitting is unusual in that it sits on top of the foot. It’s worked by decreasing eight times in each decrease round to form eight wedges that come together in points at the top of the foot. After all the decreases are complete, just 8 stitches remain.
All that’s left is to draw the yarn through the remaining 8 stitches twice, pull tight to close the hole, and fasten off on the wrong side.
I’m anxious to knit the mate — these slipper socks may be my best friends this winter!
I’ll try that with the next pair of socks I knit. :)) I just got used to the kitchener stitch, but that looks a lot easier 😀
Hi Ann,
I really enjoy walking through each of these sock projects with you. Lately, though, I haven’t been receiving email from you alerting me to a new blog post. So, I got behind on this one.
Could you check to make sure I’m still on your email notification list for these?