I am so excited!!!
When I finished my second sock,
I realized that it fit me
way better than my first one did.
I
think that new formula for the heel-flap-length
really made a difference.
really made a difference.
And I knew from my records that I had knitted the first one
6 rows longer than it now needed to be.
That’s when I knew…
I had to unravel my first sock and do it over!
I had 2 finished socks for about 10 minutes there! hahaha
I hate to have “perfectionistic-like tendencies”… J
But I knew I could do it, and why not have them both fit nicely?
But I knew I could do it, and why not have them both fit nicely?
And since I would have the yarn from the 6 extra rows,
I
knew I would have enough yarn for
sewing in the ends and then some.
sewing in the ends and then some.
So. Time to unravel.
Now I was prepared to re-knit the entire sock...
But I realized that if I unraveled it from
the toe,
and only unraveled it to right before the heel flap,
I wouldn’t
have to re-knit the long cuff.
Hmmm….
This was definitely
going to test my wits with live stitches! J
The first step was to find my woven-in end.
Fortunately, I found it right away. <wow>
I carefully pulled the end of the yarn out, stitch by
stitch,
and then I had to un-sew my grafted toe. (the kitchener
stitch)
From then on, it was unravel and unravel,
winding the yarn
in a ball as I went.
I wasn’t sure if all those decreases would unravel smoothly,
but they did.
but they did.
When I unraveled the gusset and got down to the heel flap,
I
realized that I could put half my stitches back onto a needle.
I’m halfway home! J
And then, when I got close to the end of the heel flap,
I
looked at the wrong side of the fabric to see where
my Eye of Partridge stitch
(with its slipped stitches)
came to an end, and made sure I had unraveled it all.
came to an end, and made sure I had unraveled it all.
And then I put the other half of the stitches back
onto another needle, and I was set!
onto another needle, and I was set!
Yay!!
Over the weekend, I have already re-knit the heel flap
and turned the heel…
and turned the heel…
And I picked up the gusset stitches,
remembering to make the stacked increase in the corners. J
And now I’m just merrily doing the gusset decreases.
After that, it’s just the foot and the toe!
You know, it’s funny…
In my knitting, I gain more confidence from
fixing my
mistakes successfully than from anything else.
Who knew making mistakes was such a good thing??
Good thing, too, ‘cause I’m sure to make plenty more! J
Happy knitting, everybody!!
XOXO,
Lucky Dog
♥
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