Socky
Just a quick little post... I finished the first Bearfoot sock last night thanks to the Handknitting Guild meeting, only to try it on and have the cast-off edge be too tight. Picked it back out on the bus this morning and have a #7 DPN in my bag to re-do it more loosely. Anne asked about the pattern; it's the 8-stitch basketweave rib from Sensational Knitted Socks, a terrific book which has also taught me much about the short-row heel.
It's miserable weather here today so I'm wearing my warm wool Elfine's Socks to work and it makes me cheerful!
It's miserable weather here today so I'm wearing my warm wool Elfine's Socks to work and it makes me cheerful!
posted by Alex at 8:48 AM
3 Comments:
I'm making those socks from the top down, in LL Black Purl. Such a great pattern.
thanks for stopping by my blog -- you were absolutely right, the pattern I was using was stansfield #11 -- and I agree, SKS has to be one of the best sock books I've seen (definitely on par with Nancy Bush) - I like it so much I can't settle for borrowing it from my mother, I ordered my own copy! I feel your pain about the too-tight cast-off edge... I had that problem but I redid it using some special castoff method that I found here:
http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/560 .. it isn't as pretty as normal castoff, but it's extremely stretchy!
good luck!
I was so sad I couldn't make it to the BHKG!! Your socks are going to be great. Sounds like the Kool-aid party was fun, too. :)
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