In search hose tops or cuffs.

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OK - So are you using circular needles or doing a strip and then sewing them together? And do I understand correctly that you are doing the hose top and bottom seperately?

You can do it ether way; it depends on the pattern. If you are doing a cable that runs horizontally around the calf, you'll do a long strip (knitting back and forth until it's long enough to go around your calf then marrying start end to stop end). I like to graft the ends together in pattern, but a seam also works well.

Once you have the top, I like to pick up the stitches around the upper edge of the cuff and then work the sock from the top down. But if you want several tops to go with one pair of hose, that also would work. If you are doing that, I would probably pick up the stitches around the upper edge and knit a few round of K1P1 or K2P2 ribbing - enough to fold under and anchor under your flashes - just so the tops won't slide down your calf when moving.