Let the Yarn Shine Sock Tutorials

Join me as I say Hello and talk about what's in store as you knit the Let the Yarn Shine sock pattern. See how the socks are constructed, and get some handy tips on choosing your needles and yarn.

Casting on the stitches. I recommend using a long tail cast on for the stitches as it's nice and stretchy. A tutorial for the long tail cast on can be found here.

Now that you have the stitches on the needle we are going to divide them over the other 2 dpns and then join them and knit the first round.

Now we can start knitting our sock, starting with the ribbed cuff at the top.

Hopefully by this part you are now comfortable with knitting in the round, so this section is a nice, easy stretch of knitting all the way to the top of the heel.

This is where things start to get interesting as we divide the stitches in preperation for knitting the heel flap.

The heel section is knitted back and forth on 2 needles, using a simple slip stitch pattern to strengthen the fabric.

Now comes the magic part - turning the heel!

Next we will be picking up all of the stitches and getting back to working in the round.

Here we will be working some decreases down the side of the sock to create the gusset section.

Now that all of the heel shaping has been done, you can sit back and relax as you knit the foot all the way to the top of the toes.

Not long to go now! The final section of knitting is to work some decrease stitches to create the curved end of the sock.

To finish the sock and close the toes we need to graft the 2 sets of live stitches together with Kitchener Stitch.

Once you have finished both socks you can give them a block them for a nice, smooth finish.