I hate these socks. Seriously, the pattern is clever, but not one that should be attempted unless the feet they are for happen to be nearby. I think I have knit this one sock at least 3 times.
After my problems a couple of weeks ago, I finally got the circumference right and went to town. When I went to Threadbear, I only took these socks, so I wouldn't be tempted to knit on anything else. I was at the point where I needed to put in my waste yarn for the heel when I got there. I got talking to Amy, knit in the waste yarn and knit up the leg. After about an hour, I measured the sock to the paper, but there was something wrong.
I had put the waste yarn in wrong. Somehow, I had mis-counted and there was no way the toe was going to lie flat if I left it that way. Ripped again. Put the waste yarn in the correct spot and knit back up.
The week before Thanksgiving, I put the heel in and was thrilled that I had one finished. Rinsed it a little and left it to dry. When I checked it against the paper drawing of my sock pal's foot - it looks a little too long (about 3/4"). I can't knit anything else until I finish these socks - the guilt overwhelms me. However, I hate these socks so much that I can't knit on them. I need to take a big girl pill and just finish. I can't wait to get them on their way to my sock pal and out of my house.
As an aside, Socks that Rock has held up amazingly well for all the knitting, ripping, and re-knitting. What a great yarn!
what whacked mismatched pooling and striping! Sounds like a maddening knitting experience...GL getthing them off your back and moving onto something else.
Posted by: Sara | November 29, 2007 at 08:57 PM