Yesterdeay's experiments seem to work and now I have a loose enough cast off. I ended up doing a single crochet stitch on every other stitch and that worked better that doing it on all knit stitches and skipping the purl stitches. I would have to wear the sock for a few hours and see if it stays up and if it does not leave marks on my leg before I give this method a thumbs-up or down.
I have a picture, of course:
You can tell that there's very little going on at my workplace lately. It's also kind of obvious that I've been cheating: Instead of knitting my husband's sock or doing household chores or errands, I've been working on this pair of socks at home.
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Thanks for your awesome comments! They have made my day. btw, I love your socks. I wish I could find the LB Magic stripes around here.
Andrea
A little late, but the wonderful Helen(of_troy) taught me this method to bind off socks:
Purl the first stich loosely.
Slip it back on the left hand needle.
Then loosely purl the first 2 stitches together. (one of these is the stitch that was slipped back on the LH needle).
Slip the purled stitch back onto the LH needle.
Purl the first 2 sts together.
and on and on.
You're always purling no matter what the pattern is. I hope this makes sense, I can't seem to find a better explanation of it.
That's a great explanation, actually. I'll try it soon. Thanks!
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