Sock Redux

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.

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”…
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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

And then I put the other half of the stitches back
onto another needle, and I was set!

Yay!!

Over the weekend, I have already re-knit the heel flap
and turned the heel…

And I picked up the gusset stitches,

remembering to make the stacked increase in the corners.

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!

Happy knitting, everybody!!

XOXO,

Lucky Dog

♥