...before I finished this (one Whitby sock, completed).I've always been monogamous with the sox, you know? One pair at a time. I always have multiple projects on the needles, but not sox. I had this fear that if I started another pair, I wouldn't finish the first. I know! As if I'd be that fickle! Now that I finished my last in-progress big project, I realized I was being silly. It's nice to have something easily portable, like the simple ribbed socks up above, and then something a little more complex, like the cabled socks.
I love the Whitby pattern. I modified it since my gauge is 7 stitches/inch rather than 6.5 by casting on four extra stitches. I also changed the toe to a standard decrease/Kitchener toe, rather than "gather up the stitches and pull tight." (I like Kitchener!) The only reason I didn't cast on the second immediately is because the Boston Red Sox were in an elimination game in the playoffs. They won and live to play another game. But I needed the mindless ribbing while they did so.
Toe-up socks was one of my challenges. The @#! cast-on for this pattern gave me fits, and I hope I can manage to do it a second time. But this yarn is precious, and I want to make sure I get as much sock out of it as possible. I split it into two balls using my new digital scale--that purchase made my husband raise his eyebrows, but he can just Shut. Up.--and determined to figure out this pattern. So far, so good, although I'm a bit wary of the finishing advice to "snug up any holes at the heel," since I don't get holes with heel flaps, thank you very much, and I'm going to be Quite Annoyed if short-row heels produce holes. Wish me luck.
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oh i wish you a great deal of luck! im sure youre a tidier knitter than me but the holes being produced by my attempts at short row heels were shockers! but dont listen to me, i cant count rows properly in a pattern so it was probly my fault. i look forward to seeing how you go with them!
wow Amy. You're flying! Monogamy is for wimps, I reckon.
That toe-up cast-on is not great but I managed to do it the second time okay and a bit tidier too. Love your other cabled sock.
Digital scales are an essential tool in my knitting toolbox! They are so useful for determining the amount of yarn needed for a project and gathering left-overs together to make another! No wasted yarn sitting around gathering dust! And you can even use them in the kitchen!! :-)
Yay for sock promiscuity!! I quite like to have both a plain and a fancy sock on the go, so I can be prepared for various occassions!! Both of these look great!
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