My Thing-a-Day item for the 27th and 28th was to work on a pair of socks I am knitting from handspun. They are toe up and after I turned the heel, I tried it on. Ugg, too snug! One small seven row portion of fair isle knitting right before I did the the heel had floats that were too long and didn't stretch like the rest of the sock. I ripped back to before that section and found a new fair isle pattern to use with smaller floats. I started reknitting at the arrow and two days later I am back to where I was before. At least the sock feels comfy now!
I haven't tried socks from handspun wool, from the toe up or with two circular needles! I've only made traditional top down with four needles. They are lookin' good!
Posted by: Timaree (freebird) | March 24, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Thanks! I like toe up so I can try them on as I go, but usually I am a four needle sort of person. This was my first time knitting socks with a circular and I'm really not so fond of it, next pair will be on double points again.
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Posted by: ffyrebird | March 25, 2009 at 01:16 PM