#i have reached the 'smoothish sailing' part of the toe which is very nice

[milkweedman]

That almost sounds to me like what happens when I try knitting toes on needles that are too big--the big needles create big, slack stitches that get all weird and warped as I knit in that small area at the start. (It is happening here a little bit actually, but not so bad. The yarn is slightly thinner than I might normally use on these needles).

Have you ever tried doing the toe (or just the part of the toe that gets fucked up) on much smaller needles with lighter tension, and then switching ? I wonder if that would fix it ?

Favorite part of sock knitting, especially if im knitting around someone else. 10 spikes no clear fabric and everything looks like it's about to fall out. It literally scares people so bad when I tell them I'm just knitting a sock lol