oh no!!! since i've never finished a sock yet, i have no tips, but i'm sure someone will! oh no, hole in the toe!

Hello Alison!
I am following your blue blog for a while. I am a fanatic knitter, teaching computer technics at high school and mother of two sons like you...
Here my idea for your sock: If you have wool left from your socks I would rip and redo the toe-section of the sock. Here in Switzerland we usually add a very thin extra-yarn called "Fächtli" to the main yarn only for the heel- and toe section. So it goes longer till they're in pieces...

Alison, I agree with the previous post. I would just pick up the stitches a row or two before the hole and undo the toe. Then reknit from there. If you don't have the left over yarn you could use a contrast since it won't show.

1. Fix quickly !
2.Duplicate stitch over toe area ,or
3.Do as Cornelia says and re-knit toe.

No.3 is my fix of choice,even if I had to use another colour,in which case I'd do both toes. Remember toes take next to no time.

Hi....I read your blog at least weekly (along with many others) and am a knitter myself. I saved this page to my bookmarks long ago...

http://www.onceuponapattern.com/custom/mendknit.html

There may be easier ways to do (or explain) this, but I thought I'd pass along the link!

If you're going to try duplicate stitch, use a light bulb inside the toe to stretch the stitches to make them easier to follow.

Or if you're going to reknit the toes, and don't have reinforcing yarn, or wooly thread, use sewing thread with the yarn. That'll help too.

Good luck!

Kim's comments are down, are we still on for a get together tomorrow night at Barnes and Noble?

I have a sock to darn too (with a much bigger hole than yours), so I'm very interested in the answer to this question. I looked at the link that Lisa mentions, but I'm not sure I completely understand. It's the "clear the cut or hole of any broken pieces of yarn" step that I'm wary of. I understand the top and bottom on the hole, but what about the sides? Something will have to be done to keep them from unraveling. Clearly, more research is indicated.

I can't imagine undoing the top of the sock and reknitting it, since I've been wearing and washing the thing for over a year now. It seems like a single unit now and not something that could be unraveled. If I wanted to reknit it, I think I'd have to cut off the end. And that scares me!

There's got to be a way to repair it without reknitting it. Maybe I can duplicate stitch over the area as Emma suggested. It looks to be only two stitches that are gone. Thanks for other idea and link, Lisa. I'll have to study the diagrams a bit closer to see if it's doable. The idea seems right, but I'm not seeing loops on top and bottom like they show.

I agree with you, Michelle - more research is definitely required.

I'm ignorant on toes, but what shapely feet you have, my dear. Makes me all gooey inside. :-))