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  For those of you that want to get your cuff/toes done ahead of the 1st - here are the instructions Starting instructions for toe up or cuff down. This year we will be doing colourwork again. You can choose to knit these from the toe or cuff, or one of each. We hope you have fun creating these unique socks! Reminder you do not have to do the colourwork, you can just do the stripes in one of the suggested colours each day, you could also choose to add a cable like we did a few years ago. there are no MKAL police here, we want you to have fun. Toe-Up Using either of your house colours or a good neutral, cast on 16 sts using Judy’s magic cast on (or preferred method for toe up) divide onto two needles (8 sts each). knit one round. inc round k1 m1r knit til last stitch on left needle m1l k1 x2. Repeat the increase round for 3 more rows then repeat it every other round until you have at least 60 sts. Check if it seems tight go up in 4st increments until it feels comfortable. If you intend
  Welcome to the 2024 Slytherin Sock Syndicate Advent Sock Our team is busy getting ready for December and in the meantime we wanted to give you a few bits and pieces. Clues aka sections will be released daily here on the Blog from the 1-24th December our team are in different parts of the world so we ask for patience if it takes a little longer to go up, but we're hoping to have them up as early in the day as possible. Links will be provided in the sock syndicate's  Ravelry thread  on each day as well, there is also the best place to ask questions, get help and chat with others. The socks can be knit either toe up or cuff down , it's up to you, they also end up long, if you have smaller feet you may decide to stop earlier, it's up to you, there are no hard and fast rules, one of our previous participants made them into fingerless gloves instead, we love the creativity, there is no wrong way to participate in this MKAL. We  are looking forward to this years fun as we kn