Favorite Socks (22 page)

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Leaving a long tail (about ½" [1.3 cm] for each stitch to be cast on), make a slipknot and place on right needle. Place thumb and index finger between yarn ends so that the working yarn is around your index finger and the tail end is around your thumb. Secure the ends with your other fingers and hold your palm upward, making a V of yarn (
Figure 1
). *Bring needle in front of thumb, under both yarns around thumb, down into center of thumb loop, back forward, and over top of yarn around index finger (
Figure 2
), catch this yarn and bring needle back down through thumb loop (
Figure 3
), turning thumb slightly to make room for needle to pass through. Drop loop off thumb (
Figure 4
) and place thumb back in V configuration while tightening up resulting stitch on needle. Repeat from * for the desired number of stitches.

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Make a loose slipknot of working yarn and place it on the right needle. Hold a length of waste yarn next to the slipknot and around your left thumb; hold working yarn over your left index finger. *Bring right needle forward under waste yarn, over working yarn, grab a loop of working yarn (
Figure 1
), then bring needle to the front over both yarns and grab a second loop (
Figure 2
). Repeat from * for the desired number of stitches. When you’re ready to work in the opposite direction, place the exposed loops on a knitting needle as you pull out the waste yarn.

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Make a slipknot and place it on crochet hook. *Yarn over hook and draw through loop on hook. Repeat from * for the desired number of stitches. To fasten off, cut yarn and draw end through last loop formed.

*Insert hook into the second chain from the hook, yarn over hook and draw through a loop, yarn over hook (
Figure 1
), and draw it through both loops on hook (
Figure 2
). Repeat from * for the desired number of stitches. At the end of the row, chain 2 stitches and turn the work around. Begin the next row by inserting the hook into the second stitch from hook.

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*Insert hook into stitch, yarn over hook and draw a loop through both the stitch and loop already on hook. Repeat from * for the desired number of stitches.