Time to give up?
Aug. 5th, 2008 08:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meirwen_1988Well, the Aran Cable socks from Knitpicks have been frogged again. Last time it was 85% of the cuff. This time was more painful--I was 3 inches into the foot. However, a sock you can't get on isn't very useful. For some reason the cuff didn't want to expand enough. I remember seeing on a list that the cuff's fit was tight. My solution was to do a short cuff (about half the pattern length). Nope. Hmmm.
On the bright side, I may have solved my usual foot problem. Whenever I knit socks the entire heel area, to halfway up the foot ,is too big. I shifted down to 0s on this (one needle size), and through some contortions I think I have determined that that part would have fit perfectly.
I think I'll stop working this pattern (which is too bad, since I've finally got it in my head) and do a simple pair with self-striping yarn and work on getting the foot to fit right (see if it was a fluke or a save), then go back to these. Which means the Brigit socks (from Ravelry) will have to wait, since they involve yet more cables.
To make life even more interesting, these are calling my name. Got the pattern, now to get the wool. They're just funky enough I might try to wear them with garb, though I think a different color, and I may adapt the pattern a tiny bit and knit the hand in the round. I hate seams (cause I'm lousy at them).
On the bright side, I may have solved my usual foot problem. Whenever I knit socks the entire heel area, to halfway up the foot ,is too big. I shifted down to 0s on this (one needle size), and through some contortions I think I have determined that that part would have fit perfectly.
I think I'll stop working this pattern (which is too bad, since I've finally got it in my head) and do a simple pair with self-striping yarn and work on getting the foot to fit right (see if it was a fluke or a save), then go back to these. Which means the Brigit socks (from Ravelry) will have to wait, since they involve yet more cables.
To make life even more interesting, these are calling my name. Got the pattern, now to get the wool. They're just funky enough I might try to wear them with garb, though I think a different color, and I may adapt the pattern a tiny bit and knit the hand in the round. I hate seams (cause I'm lousy at them).
