Pam's In Your Shoes Ankle Socks (From the pattern section here)

IngridSera wrote

on Apr 22, 2009 1:14 PM

I posted this question in comments under the pattern, but I don't know if anyone monitors them, and I'm stuck(ish) on this one. Looks like lots of you have made them, though. Here are my questions:

OK, I'm making these and I have a couple of questions. (I'm sort of new to crochet, so be gentle).

In the step where you sew the ribbed ankle piece together, you indicate that the seam will be at the back of the sock. I assume you mean centered above the heel. Then you sc for two rows, which will begin and end at the seam if you do not tie off and re-position (and you indicated you don't do that).

On row 3 you are to sc 18 across the front and chain 18. If you do this right where the third row would start, you are still above the center back seam, which would put the seam above the ankle if you start and end there. Do you sl st 9 to get to the place that would allow you to start the third row across the front of the sock? Is this making sense?

Also, when you get to that point and are crocheting the body of the sock, are you just doing continuous sc or do you sl st and ch1 at the end of each row? Or does it matter? (Personally, I hate the sl st/ch1. I must be doing it incorrectly because there's a stitch that's always tight, and I end up with a different number of stitches. When I can get away with it, I just work in a continuous round and put a marker in to keep track of rows.)

Anyway, I hope this makes sense. I don't know why I have such a problem with patterns. I can stitch just fine, and I can granny square with the best of them, but unless I'm making something that can stay a square or rectangle, I fear my crochet project days are numbered.

Thanks!