Here is a little gift for those who have trouble grafting a toe closed on a sock they have knit on the CSM. I graft from the purl side with the waste yarn in. I have a couple tips and tricks that may help you.
I knit a wrapped or auto-wrap (aka “Sue-i-cide method”) toe but end the knitting the same way on either method. To do as I do (details in my wrapped toe .pdf), finish knitting the increases by lowering the last needle at the 3 o’clock half mark and wrap the yarn behind it. At the same time before cranking backwards lower the last needle at the 9 o’clock half mark, and only then knit the last reverse turn of the crank counterclockwise toward the back half to the 1 o’clock position behind the raised needles. Cut the working yarn long enought to kitchener with, tuck it into the sock and crank the yarn carrier forward to 9 o’clock. Insert the waste yarn, knit to 5 o’clock, and lower all the raised needles on the back half of the cylinder, checking your latches as you go. Then knit 10-15 rounds of waste yarn.
Here is a flip book I made to graft the toe closed. Before you begin, you need 4 coil-less safety pins or knitting stitch markers that look like plastic safety pins. These help to find the stitches at the beginning and end and keep them from disappearing.
