One Sock Done

OK, I've been making extremely slow progress due to limited knitting time, but I did finish the first sock. I posted this on my blog already, so sorry if it's a repeat, but I'm afraid it may be just a touch too small. It fits really well and feels good, but I'm afraid I'm putting too much strain on the stitches. Or maybe I'm being paranoid :-)

Here's the top:



and here's a side view - you can see the side and back cables on the sock:



And yes, my legs really are that pale, even at the end of summer.

Two legs, one heel

Grafting on a train or in a car is not me. Chasing those tiny stitches that I can not see, simply not worth it.

So what to do? Cast on the second sock!

Progress - at least a little (till you run out of needles....)



-Holly

(who is leaving for China tomorrow - 2 weeks!)

Since we are showing red -

Sockapalooza4

Done. Finished. Grafted the toes, wove in ends, and trimmed off any extra. Without further ado - Front and Back of Heart-a-Palooza. Purposely, there is a definite Right and Left.



My Pal's feet are shorter than mine, and a bit wider, so they don't fit me properly. (Which is good - grin). But I like the look and the feel. I did Balbriggan Heels and made up a toe. They are squishy, comfortable, and not too shabby.



Supersock in Cherry, 100% superwash merino with a lovely hand and great twist. The fronts are patterned, as is the heel. The backs and soles are done in ribbing to adapt to a wide variety of leg and foot shapes.

Now - back to Chicken WireDrops Cable.

I'm knitting too

I also am knitting these socks with my Sweet Socks in Vampire. I haven't had much trouble with splitting on the yarn though. I started out using wooden needles (my usual preference for DPNs), but they and the bamboo needles were just too sticky. I finally switched over to metal DPNs with a nice sharp end and it's knitting up more quickly and smoothly. I really like this yarn a lot, actually.

I'm knitting the pattern as written except I have really short legs and don't like socks to hit mid-calf, so I shortened the leg and started my decreases earlier. Otherwise, knit exactly as written and no problems so far. I was afraid it was too small because my gauge is tighter than the pattern calls for, but I put it on a string and tried it on and it fits great. I just finished the heel and am now starting the straight foot portion. Here's a picture of the heel:



Here's the back of the leg:



and here's the front of the leg:

More Fencing

The cable going down the back was split and moved out one stitch on each side every four rows on the heel flap. At the same time, I decreased the other cable to a 2x2 so that I could have a cable on each side.

Anyone else knitting this pattern??????

Chicken Wire!

I love it. Seriously, it is fun. Started it on the train today. This is about 90 minutes worth.

The front -


And the back -


you can see the cable change in the back.

The yarn is Sweet Sheep from Michelle in Vampire (Close your ears Michelle). I adore the colour, but the yarn quality is not as great as I would like. The plys are not well twisted together and it splits easily.

If anyone wants more details, just leave a comment

-Holly

Drops Alterations

You all know me by now.

Knitting a pattern just as written? Not likely going to happen.

The yarn I am using is Sweet Socks in Vampire. Project spectrum yarn.

Looking at the pattern, I decided that I really did not want it high enough to need to do calf alterations. And I don't want 72-80+ stitches.

I normally knit 56-60 for me. So 64 sounded good to give a little for the cabling.
And the choice for the cable on the back was to designate L and R (using M1 and M3) or change the cable.

After the ribbing - I divided the stitches as follows - Needle 1 - instep - 26 sitches (middel 26 of the 30) Needle two 15 stitches (two from the front, the cable and 9p) Needle 3 - 23 stitches - 8 for the back cable, 9P, 6 for the side cable and 2P)

26+15+23= yep, 64.

I changed the back cable to an 8 stitch cable and decreased the number of purls between the side sections and the back cable.

I will take a picture when I have a few more rows knit and post it. (90 minutes on the train tonight ought to do it)

-Holly