# Socks - help a newbie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-help-a-newbie/478891>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 28, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-help-a-newbie/478891 "2008-12-28T00:22:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-help-a-newbie/478891/41 "2009-01-08T15:57:41Z")

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> [@Septima](#):
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> I’ve decided I need to learn how to knit socks, but have no idea where to start.

At the toe.

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-help-a-newbie/478891/42 "2009-01-08T19:51:51Z")

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> [@Shalmanese](#):
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> At the toe.

I’ve never started at the toe, always at the cuff. My next pair will be toe-up.

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