Socks!

When I was at the end of my dayflower wrap, I got the February installment of my Christmas gift--which was sock of the month club from Wool and Honey. I fell for it pretty hard. It seems surprising to me because it isn't in my usual color palette. Instead of the blues, greens and purples I usually gravitate too--this is a lovely heathered garnet. I could just SEE the socks I wanted to make. (In case you are curious--you can see and pre-order it on the Wool and Honey page)

What I could not find, was the pattern I envisioned.

See I have narrow feet. I don't think they are particularly narrow, but either they are or my gauge is always way off (a possibility), but every time I make a pattern it comes out way too big for me--unless it comes sized for a 7 inch circumference foot.

But even with that restriction, I thought I could maybe modify something I found. But still no luck. So out came the stitch dictionaries.

My favorite one is "Up Down All Around Stitch Dictionary" In part because it INDEXES STITCHES BY THE STITCH REPEAT! (yes, I am shouting--it is that exciting to me). Also I just noticed in grabbing that link that there's a sequel--it's now on my wishlist.

So now I have the start of a toe up sock with 60 stitches (instead of the usual 64). I put in a lifeline because I wasn't sure how I'd like the pattern (so far loving it) and I was afraid 60 stitches might be too big. The jury is still out on that one. I did hold it up to a sock that fits and it's close anyway. I figure in maybe 20 more rows, I'll try it on and see.

Uh oh stitch dictionary is out

A post shared by Jodie (@ja_gardner) on Mar 15, 2017 at 1:05pm PDT

I must admit to being really really stupid. I carried this big honking book everywhere with me on a weekend trip (I was driving so no car knitting) because I hadn't copied the chart. DUH, last night I had chaperoning duties at school and got the bright idea to snap a picture of the chart on my phone. I have to say--that was a genius idea. It's a small chart and easy to follow. And now--I can take it anywhere really easily!