It's almost noon and I am just eating my breakfast while I post. My usual routine is to read for a little bit while I drink a couple of cups of coffee and then start my day. Today I read half a page, made the coffee and starting knitting. So here I am with a finished sock before breakfast, sort of.
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This is not the same sock which appears in a previous post. That sock has now been frogged (see last photo). I changed a few key elements and started a second sock yesterday while I wrote up the pattern. And no, I can't knit up an entire sock before breakfast - I wish! I now have some minor adjustments to make to the pattern but I think it's mostly done.
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I, once again, started with a star toe and worked a short row heel. I like this construction a lot. It seems to fit my foot really well. The star toe hugs my toes and the deep pocket of the short row heel fits well. I make the heel with around 60% of the sock stitches which means there is a bit of 'redistribute the stitches' in the pattern but this gives the heel a deep cup and lots of room for the instep.
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The lace pattern is easy to memorize and really easy to read as you work, which in my mind is even more important.
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I'll get some better photos done, it's really difficult to photograph your own feet.
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The first prototype sock is now wound up into a ball ready to begin a new life. I'm on a roll now and have started something new, from the top this time I think.
-Deb
P.S. Commenters: I can't email you back with blogger but thanks for your comments everyone.
I think my massage therapist does a pressure point type of massage because it definitely works if I keep going regularly. The week off seems to have helped a lot too even though it was tough to not knit for that length of time.
A commenter gave the name of a group in Germany which finishes knitting for you - see August 2 comment. Wow, what a concept. Thanks for the information. Every once in a while someone comes into our shop with a half finished afghan which someone in their family started and now there are no instructions and no one to finish it. This is a problem solvers dream - Knitting Detective Agency type stuff, anyone looking for a new business?
Just read your previous posting about "finishing" sweaters. We lived in Washington, DC for almost 16 years before returning to Ottawa. While we were living there, I discovered that every yarn store down there offered "finishing services". Naturally, I never required such services since I have been knitting mostly seamlessly for 20 years! Since my family is on the short side, top down patterns let me get a great fit. Love your patterns and only wish you would do more adult sweaters with cables or colourwork.
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