toe pocket 2 which is made up of a toe one section 11 formed by pick up stitching only which transfers into a toe two section 12 being formed by the alternate pick up and pick down stitching with the transitional picking line 10 being formed in the manufacture of a standard sock the toe region is initially formed on the knitting machine as an open construction with the upper foot and sole regions meeting the ring toe section and toe one toe two sections respectively where the ring toe and toe two section is terminated by a linking stitch and finished off with a run out stitch the final step in manufacture of the sock involves the placement of the run out in a dedicated seaming machine which effects the sowing up or seaming of the linking region along the toe pocket and the cutting off of the run out this step finalises the formation of the toe pocket 2 by the formation of a ring toe seam 18 the manufacture of socks in this manner is well known to the art and accomplished by a wide range of readily available knitting machines which can make use of a wide range of fabrics and materials in the preparation and manufacture of socks the invention relates in particular to a smaller version.