Sock update

So nearly a month ago I was working on a sock and I mentioned that I didn't know if it would fit. Because I just really have no patience for gauge in socks, I didn't swatch it. And instead made a sock that was about 3 inches long and then tried it on. I have no picture of that because I learned years ago that pictures of my feet on the internet tend to attract a lot of unwanted commentary. But trust me--It was too big.

Not a lot too big, just enough that I knew the socks would never fit me correctly.

I knew I had the following choices:
Rip it out and pick another stitch pattern for a smaller repeat round
Rip it out and try smaller needles
Make it for someone with wider feet

I decided to go for smaller needles. I just really liked the pattern, and could not figure out how to make a 10 pattern repeat work across 52 or 56 stitches.

So, I Started again on size 0 needles, knit the same 3 inches and tried it on again. It is still a smidge bigger than I like my socks, but I think it is at a point where they won't sag and they won't bug me.

Again, no feet picture, but I did take a windowsill picture, when we had enough sun to make that work:

Sock on the window sill catching the small amount of sunlight we have today

A post shared by Jodie (@ja_gardner) on Apr 13, 2017 at 8:06am PDT