Almost 1/2 way there

[Coemgen]

Great work! Hope it turns out all right.

[cacunn]

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[berserkbishop]

looking good!

[SFCRick]

looks great

[Ancienne Alliance]

Fantastic work !
Thanks for sharing !

[idyllicchick]

Looks great! Oi, M1 Purl is quite a pill for me too!

[Glamrockdj]

Very nice work.

[string]

those are very very nice. I am playing with the Idea of a cable up the front of my next pair of hose, but I wondered if that would be too much for a guy to wear. I really like that one though.

[Finn]

Neat!

[Pleater]

So you are knitting them toe up - otherwise you would not be making st.

When I do a toe up - which I tend to do all the time now as I find they fit better, I make a small rectangle to form the end of the toe, rather than try to go straight into rounds.

The rectangle is wide enough to cover the first three toes, from the tip of the thumb toe outwards. I cast on using a simple loop so it can be picked up without making a ridge, but a removable (provisional) cast on can be used if you prefer.

When the rectangle is deep enough to pick up four or six stitches, depending on the thickness of the yarn, I change from flat to round knitting, and add stitches to create the toe cap. I usually add more st on one side than the other so as to make a left and right sock foot. I keep the depth of the rectangle plain and make the increases four or six stitches apart. I increase every row on the outside and every other row on the inside, then just every row on the outside.

Once I have the toe cap complete, with one row without increases, then I start any patterning.

It took me a long time to develop this method, I do something similar on top down socks, but the smoooth band around the toes is really comfortable, and I have always found it to give no trouble on the longest day's walk.

Having seen (on other people) the result of badly made and fitting socks/boots after a couple of hours walking, I think it is really important to have good footwear.