http://www.elann.com/Commerce.web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=135812 Elann Community Chat Center - Previous Website Chat - HW for Socks? - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Tue, 02 Nov 2004 05:40:06 GMT Tue, 02 Nov 2004 05:40:06 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=135812 Tue, 02 Nov 2004 05:40:06 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=135812
Nylon is what toughens up most "sock yarns". But there are other ways to protect the sock, including using *flexible* (important, that part!) fabric paint on the sole, but that`s more for slippers, I think. There`s also excellent reinforcing yarn sold right on Elann that I used for a recent pair I made from a pretty-but-not-nylon-reinforced cotton. It`s Schoeller Esslinger Stopf-und Beilaufgarn, it`s a great deal as a little goes a long way run together with your main yarn, when you do the heel and toe. (Also, if you keep the same gauge, that heel and toe part of the sock will be knit even more firmly than the rest, to guard against wear. Basically, as I understand it, the smaller the needle you can stand to knit the sock on, the better it will wear.)

Anyway, I`m reading posts or blogs from knitters all the time who are knitting socks in all these lovely, fragile luxury yarns, so I think heresy just isn`t an issue! (Thickness might be, as in you have to consider what your shoe will comfortably accomodate.)]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2004 19:50:27 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=135812 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 08:48:26 GMT