Comments on: Cuff Length on Socks

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:02:52 +0000

I haven’t figured out my perfect fit toe up… so I’m top down. I also wear an 11. I do a 6 inch cuff/leg. Any higher and it runs into too much “shapliness” in my leg and they start slouching like crazy. Any lower and I’m always feeling like pulling them up. I can get a 7 inch cuff on most of my husbands socks… he wears a mens 11. It always scares the bejeebers out of me though. I try to have some backup toe yarn ready just in case I run out.

By: Melodie

Melodie — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:04:18 +0000

I greatly prefer toe up and avoid cuff down like the plague usually. I wear an 8.5 which is kind of average I think. I usually am ready to quit so my cuffs are only about 6 inches long I think.

By: Doris

Doris — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:56:08 +0000

I guess I am weird, but I just knit and try on the sock (always on two circulars) to see how much cuff I want. It usually ends up being about the same length as the foot. I tend to knit top down, because I haven’t been able to master when to start the short rows to make the sock the right length. Is there a trick to that? That makes the short row socks not feel as comfortable (probably because they don’t really fit!).

By: Castiron

Castiron — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:01:35 +0000

Toe-up, cuffs about the length of the foot (though if I’m terminally bored with the sock, a little shorter is fine). Heel style depends on the yarn; I do thumbjoint heel (or, since I learned that variation, Bordhi’s afterthought leg) for striping socks and either toe-up flap or short rows for non-striping.

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:56:47 +0000

OMGoodness Sheri..did this posting ever help!! I’m a size 12 shoe!! and even though I haven’t yet had a problem with running out of yarn, I’ve been making some socks (to try the pattern) with shorter legs..shorter than I’d like.

I can’t believe you’re a size 11….well, yes I can cuz I know we’re out there, as they buy all the larger-sized shoes before I do. Are you tall, also?

I love the mountains and this is the first time in 15 years that we won’t be visiting our cabin in the mountains in Idaho. We’re in Michigan. There’s too much life going on and that is more necessary to pay attention to right now, as they (the kids) will be gone soon from here and off to their own lives.

By: nancy

nancy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:49:50 +0000

I do either but the last few pairs have been toe up. I personally prefer a shorter cuff. It has nothing to do with my size 10 wide foot but every thing to do with my internal combustion engine that will not stop. I don’t wear sweaters or long sleeves so long cuffs on socks are a no no. My husband, however, prefers at least an 8 inch cuff, higher is better. He is cold, all the time, but mostly because he wears work boots alot when he is outdoors and the higher cuffs come over the top of the boots and then don’t all bunch up in the boots. Love the string theory colors. I may have to try a little. N

By: Peita

Peita — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:46:51 +0000

Hey like minds! I knit toe up most of the time, weigh and divide my yarn, and fold my sock in half for cuff length. I’m not a risk taker.

By: valerie

valerie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:57:25 +0000

adendum……my sister-in-law and her boyfriend specifically request “hodge-podge” socks, which allows me to use up all my random pieces from everyone else’s socks. they like the punky brewster way it looks and it helps me out a great deal.

By: valerie

valerie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:54:54 +0000

i’m cuff-down, but i have genetic cankles, so i never have a full-length sock. just an inch cuff, then straight for the heel. also, my feet are size 5, so i can easily make myself a pair of socks out of one 50g ball. i don’t think i have to tell you how great that is.

for gift socks, i usually ask preference. most people my age prefer “ankle” socks, but my parents and in-laws prefer long socks. i usually stick with an inch cuff and then just follow whatever sensational socks’ chart says for their respective sizes. i don’t like to think about it.

By: NewJerseyLaura

NewJerseyLaura — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:18:01 +0000

I make toe-up because of the long foot club, but prefer top-down because none of the zillions of bindoffs I’ve tried make a satisfactory cuff. I like a little longer cuff, closer to 1.5 of foot. but same length as foot is the traditional – and the way that grandma taught me .