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May 9, 2007
one sock down
One to go. I dig the way this sock turned out. It fits me better than any sock I've ever made - I went up a needle size for the cuff (and used the sewn bind-off the pattern called for) and finally I have a sock that doesn't strangle my pudgy ankles.
The first couple of rounds of the toe with the nasty make ones were a bitch, and the heel was troublesome, but I'd make this sock again with some modifications. (I mean, besides the mate, which I've already cast on for.) I'd start with a toe that's 6 or 8 stitches across, not four. I do not have pointy feet. And I'd make the sock that's ribbed all the way from the toe to the ankle. (Reading is fundamental, kids.)
Because I'm not IK, here's a picture of the bound-off edge. It's the nicest, stretchiest edge ever.
Yay! Sock! Just in time for summer!
p.s. I have not stopped working on the pink dustbunny shawl, honest.
Comments
Silly Kate. Your ankles are delicious.
Posted by: Nathan at May 9, 2007 10:19 PM
Your sock is beautiful! Looks like it fits perfectly.
Posted by: grace at May 10, 2007 6:55 AM
You make me feel lazy for just buying my socks.
Posted by: bob at May 10, 2007 7:03 PM
Lovely socks, and it helps to read along with another knitter's struggles. I'm a wanna-be sock knitter who hasn't gotten through a pattern yet without one of those darned learning curves. (Why do they call them curves? Why not learning mountains? Learning Matterhorns?)
I've done toe-up and cuff-down sock patterns, and I like cuff down knitting much better. (My first pair of socks with a twisted-8 caston gave me fits, but it was a beautiful toe.) The only benefit I see from toe-up knitting is that you aren't so screwed when you run out of yarn (ask me how I know ... there's a sock of discontinued yarn with a peek-a-boo toe opening, sadly marinating in my to-be-frogged pile).
Like you, I don't have pointy feet. Mine, in fact, are probably more like swimfins -- narrow at the heel and w-i-d-e at the toes. Let's see a pattern for that, eh?
One other comment -- silly girl -- lovely ankles!
I recently revived my own knitblog at a new URL, LoopyKnits.com, and added yours to my blogroll. Hope you don't mind!
Posted by: Carolyn Bahm at May 13, 2007 6:29 AM
Yay, sock!
By the way, I've tagged you -- see my blog for more info.
Posted by: madalyn at May 16, 2007 2:30 PM