Step Seven

Personally, I think this is the best bind off for toe-up socks. It's elastic, stretchy, quick and super, super easy.

So your socks are as long as you want them, right? Cut the yarn leaving a tail that is at least 3 times longer than the diameter of your socks. (About 3 feet should be pl-en-ty.) Thread your needle with the tail coming from Sock A.

Insert the yarn needle into the first two stitches purlwise and pull the yarn through.

Turn back and insert the needle knitwise through the first stitch only AND slip this one stitch off the knitting needle. Pull the yarn through.

Repeat these two steps until there is one stitch on this side of Sock A.

Insert the yarn needle through the last stitch on the knitting needle and the first stitch on the cable, together, both purlwise.

Go back and insert the yarn needle knitwise through the last stitch on the knitting needle, slip it off the needle and pull the yarn through.

Before finishing the bind off for Sock A, you'll have to bind off Sock B. To keep Sock A from falling off the needles as you work on Sock B, poke the needle tip through the sock just to hold it there.

Bind off Sock B just as you did Sock A. Through 2 Purlwise, through 1 Knitwise and off.

And continue around to the other side of Sock B.

When you get around to the last stitch, insert the needle through the last stitch as well as the first (bound off) stitch both purlwise, go back through the last stitch knitwise and pull the yarn snug. Go ahead and weave in this end before moving back to Sock A.

Now continue binding off Sock A as before. It's already set to start with the two purlwise stitches.

Complete as for Sock B, and weave in your ends. Don't forget to turn the socks inside out and weave in the tail from the toes.

All finished! And with no dreaded second sock syndrome, you have a ready-to-wear pair of socks.

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