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I have received queries about this since mentioning attaching tatting done with varigated thread to bobby socks. Hopefully I can answer all of your questions here.
You can tat directly onto the sock, or crochet a base row on the edge of the sock.
Either way you choose to go, there are only two things to remember. The first is that when you put your hook through the sock, whether tatting or crocheting, you want to do so 1/4 inch (.5cm) down from the edge of the sock, catching at least three threads between the hook and the edge of the sock.
The second thing to remember is that the top of the sock still has to be able to stretch to get it on your feet, so you can't work a 'tight' edge onto it.
A simple pattern for a crocheted base row is to slip stitch, join to the sock, chain 6, then join to the sock again at a distance from the first join equal to half of the length of the chain. Continue around the sock, and slip stitch to the first join, cut, pull through the loop, and weave in the ends.
A simple tatted base row can be worked following this pattern:
R4ds, join to sock, 4ds, Cl R. Ch 4ds, p, 6ds, p, 4ds. Repeat from beginning around the sock, joining the rings to the sock every 1/2 inch (1 cm) for a size 10 thread, and every 1/4 inch (.5cm) for a size 80 thread.
I started making these for my niece and daughter because they both like the fancy socks, but it seemed to me that they weren't all that colorful. They were all solid colors. I like to work a white base row onto the edge of white socks, and then attach colored tatting. My niece has requested purple butterflies for her next pair.