I’ve been knitting sox for a friend as a surprise, and they have been a challenge. I made her one pair and found out (fortunately soon enough to not disappoint her) that they were too small. I started again and this time they were just slightly too baggy. After knitting both cuffs, I didn’t want to tear them out and reknit, so I played with a crochet hook. I dropped a stitch on purpose, let it “run” down to the top ribbing, turned the cuff inside out and used a crochet hook to re-chain the dropped stitches together.

I kept working my way around the tube, dropping every third stitch and working the stitches, until those repaired stitches were all purls and it made a ribbed sock. They fit much better now. I’m eager to have a pair I can actually give to her soon!

Here is a picture of the transformation:

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