For the past few weeks I've been taking a toe-up sock class with my pal Jay. I'm working on two socks at once to avoid the dreaded Second Sock Syndrome. Both socks are knit as far as the heels, which are half finished.
(No, I'm no the kind of knitter who makes sure he starts his socks at the same point int he colorway to make sure the socks are identical. You'd think I would be, but I'm not. Huh.)
So far, I'm not enjoying toe-up construction in practice, even though I love it in principle. We're doing short row toes and heels, with wraps, and those damn "purl 3 together through the back loop" totally suck. I took ten tries to get the toe on the left to turn out.
I've got a set of new things to try on the next pair. (Ditching the wrapped stitches is high on the list.) I'm not touching these again until class next week, because I don't want to eff up the heels. (I already had one disaster this morning, but I ripped back and things appear to be okay now.) Once both heels are done, the rest will be cake.
I'm also told that self-striping sock yarn is now out of fashion. Why doesn't anyone tell me these things??
To fill my time until next week's class, I've started a pair of my trusty Fargo Felted Mittens. (It's a nice change of pace to be working with worsted weight yarn on size tens! All this work on size zeros is giving me eye strain.)
Here's the mitt, all of which I've done today. (Sorry, the colors of the yarn and the couch don't really agree with each other. The recipient of the mittens requested purple, and purple she'll get.)
That's the latest in my rock-star life. More anon...
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