That Way Lies Madness
(with apologies to fans of King Lear)
Really, what was I thinking? I can't do math. I'm so mathematically challenged I can't read strings of numbers in my head - I have to do it out loud or I can't copy them. I have to cross out every number in a knitting pattern that I'm not going to use - or I'll use it.
So what made me decide to try to work out the gusset/short row heel by myself? Ahem.
I got through the increases okay, but then couldn't - even with the help of some very talented knitters - figure out how to decrease it back down. Where do I start? Blah, blah.
So I got home, ripped back to before the increases, knit the sock just a tad long (because I strongly suspect my Elfine heels simply weren't long enough) and put in a basic short-row heel:
(My cuff looks dirty, huh? That's because I like my pantlegs to drag on the ground.)
(The designer in me loooooves how the stripes switch up at the heel - clever how they match sizewise but are different colors.)
This yarn is knitting up so wonderfully. It's beautiful fabric, cheery and punchy and with lovely vivid colors:
I made the mistake of forgetting my Singulair the night before last. Last night to get back on schedule I took it anyway. And boy am I tired because of the crossover. And it's raining really hard. And I have to be at a meeting soon.
I ordered some sock yarn from Heather last night through KPixie. "Strawberry Fields." It's lovely. (Do I need more sock yarn? No.) You should check out her yarn if you haven't already - one-of-a-kind handpaints, and she's truly gifted about color.
(PS) I knitted a swatch with the Kool-Aid yarn last night at SnB - it's lovely! I'm going to try again some more this weekend. Fun!
Really, what was I thinking? I can't do math. I'm so mathematically challenged I can't read strings of numbers in my head - I have to do it out loud or I can't copy them. I have to cross out every number in a knitting pattern that I'm not going to use - or I'll use it.
So what made me decide to try to work out the gusset/short row heel by myself? Ahem.
I got through the increases okay, but then couldn't - even with the help of some very talented knitters - figure out how to decrease it back down. Where do I start? Blah, blah.
So I got home, ripped back to before the increases, knit the sock just a tad long (because I strongly suspect my Elfine heels simply weren't long enough) and put in a basic short-row heel:
(My cuff looks dirty, huh? That's because I like my pantlegs to drag on the ground.)
(The designer in me loooooves how the stripes switch up at the heel - clever how they match sizewise but are different colors.)
This yarn is knitting up so wonderfully. It's beautiful fabric, cheery and punchy and with lovely vivid colors:
I made the mistake of forgetting my Singulair the night before last. Last night to get back on schedule I took it anyway. And boy am I tired because of the crossover. And it's raining really hard. And I have to be at a meeting soon.
I ordered some sock yarn from Heather last night through KPixie. "Strawberry Fields." It's lovely. (Do I need more sock yarn? No.) You should check out her yarn if you haven't already - one-of-a-kind handpaints, and she's truly gifted about color.
(PS) I knitted a swatch with the Kool-Aid yarn last night at SnB - it's lovely! I'm going to try again some more this weekend. Fun!
posted by Jen at 6:52 AM
9 Comments:
Is that the Knit and Tonic colorway? That's gorgeous! I was looking at All Things Heather sock yarn myself at kpixie. I need some green sock yarn. I like the Avocado.
Yes, it's Vesper Knit and Tonic. :)
Hey, I almost bought the avocado! But then I decided I needed PINK. (Which works out good, because you have tons of pink and I have tons of green.)
I'm sad that the gusset thing didn't work out, but the new heel does look good.
I'm afraid I don't know what a gusset is (I'm sure my wife, Jen from yarnpie could tell me) but I understand about numbers not being your friend. That's why I'm a minister. All the number I need are in the Bible, all written down for me... LOL
Please visit me at http://dragonpastor.blogspot.com and check out the Socks for Sheep post (just scroll down, I just did a template change and... it's simpler), I'm trying to help Jen out...
Thanks for the link - I've been to her blog before and I'm excited to see the project.
PS - a gusset is a wedge of fabric included in a knitted piece to shape it - either bigger or smaller. Looks like a V. In the Koigu socks it's really apparent - scroll down.
Hey - followed you from the knittyboard and was excited to see that there's another Reformed knitter out there! Am now inspired to do socks . . . you use two circs, right? Must find instructions . . .
I bought the purply one. I am a total sock yarn hussy.
Nice yarn! Nicer toenails! I do love the Heather yarn, too...I've got a couple of skeins wanting to grow up to be socks some day.
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