Pattern: WendyKnits.net sportweight toe-up sock. Size US 3 DPNs (KnitPicks Options)
Yarn: Creatively Dyed (shared here on the blog)
Cast-on as a Cast-One Sunday Project. Completed in 7 days.
The first life:
The heel needed healing. The second life:
I shortened the foot by 1 inch and the heel hits wrong. *ugh*
I added 5 short rows in the heel flap to lengthen it so knitSB would like it better.
The cast-off was too
The third life:
I pulled it out and will knit top down socks for him. I know how to knit top down socks and know the heel fits him. I expect there are better toe-up socks patterns to allow adjustments (evil, no less) but I wanted to knit a second pair using this nice pattern.
The lesson learned:
Not every foot likes the same toe-up sock pattern.
I loved following this pattern from my iPhone. I didn't use paper to print the pattern. How green of me.
I like WendyKnits (free) patterns. They are easy to follow and this one worked for my foot well. I think her Faro Easy Shawl is next after I finish two projects. Visit back for details.
3 comments:
That wedge heel--most prominently used in the Fleegle sock and WendyKnits sport weight--is great but is really, really wrong for some feet. I'm not surprised that it doesn't work for knitSB.
Last night, I tried Interlock Bindoff for the first time, and loved it.
I think it's interesting that all our feet kinda look the same, and all of our socks kinda look the same, but some socks fit differently on different feet. It's part of the mystery and magic of sock knitting that only Yarmando, The Evil Sock Genius really understands.
I love all this sock talk. I'm just learning to do socks, so I'm soaking in the information.
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