I forgot to mention
I bought the Wildfoote. The colour is Gunpowder. Or Gunsmoke. It's lovely. I can't wait to knit it.
So the problem I'm having now, is, when she says in the pattern to cast on 24 st using my preferred method of toe-up cast on, and I go to do that, my short-row toe says "start with half the total stitches." (Aren't you sick of my dyslexic arse?) Though I strongly suspect that 24 st IS half the total number (though I'll eventually top out at 64), I start working it on 12 stitches anyway. You know the result - tiny toe. It would be perfect for a sock for my cat.
So, um, last night wasn't much progress on sock 2. I guess I'll be redoing that cast on today sometime, if I'm lucky.
Sigh.
So the problem I'm having now, is, when she says in the pattern to cast on 24 st using my preferred method of toe-up cast on, and I go to do that, my short-row toe says "start with half the total stitches." (Aren't you sick of my dyslexic arse?) Though I strongly suspect that 24 st IS half the total number (though I'll eventually top out at 64), I start working it on 12 stitches anyway. You know the result - tiny toe. It would be perfect for a sock for my cat.
So, um, last night wasn't much progress on sock 2. I guess I'll be redoing that cast on today sometime, if I'm lucky.
Sigh.
posted by Jen at 6:55 AM
3 Comments:
Have you ever tried this cast on? It's like 1/2 the Turkish cast on - very, very easy (easier than any short row toe I've ever done). With fingering weight sock yarn on 2 circulars, starting with 12 loops on each needle (24 total) would be perfect. I would increasee every round until there were 20 or 22 stitches on each needle (40/44 total), then every other round until 32 (64 total).
I haven't tried it, but I looked at it last night when I was trying to decide on a cast on. The contestants were:
1. Meg Swanson's Turkish Cast On
2. Same cast-on I did for other sock
3. Chris' cast on
4. Short-row cast on
I decided against the Turkish because I don't have two different circs - I have two Addi Turbos. I'm the kind of person that habitually messes things like that up even when they are different, and decided I didn't have time to redo it six times (but that backfired on me, ha ha). I decided against the same cast-on I did for the other sock because it's fiddly and I wanted to learn a new one. So that left these two, and ultimately I went with short rows because I had such luck doing the short row heel.
So maybe next time! :o)
:) You're probably better at short rows than I am!
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