I have reached the part of the sock where time is flying and knitting is standing still.
I am knitting Hidden Hearts by Jeannie Cartmel in SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in the Boysenberry colorway.
I have a habit of making my socks just a tiny bit short. I always get excited as I near the heel (or the toe in top-down socks), and I stop the foot about 1/2 in too short every time. Ok, not every time, but often.
These socks say to knit to 2 in. before the heel. My foot is 10 in long, and since I usually put negative ease into the length of my socks of about 90%, this means if I multiply the 10 in length by 90% (which is .9), I need a sock with a length of 9 inches. For some reason, stopping at 7 in. never works. Today, I told myself I would knit to 7.5 in. When I finished the 3rd repeat of the lace pattern, I was at 7 in. UGH. I stopped knitting because I had other things to do, but I am going to make myself knit 6 more rows of the pattern and measure again.
The whole last repeat, I kept stopping and measuring, and the foot never seemed to get longer.
I need to finish the heels this week to stay on track to finish these this month.
I cut out a bunch of project bags this evening. I used the Grab Bag pattern from AllPeopleQuilt. I have made 2 bags from this pattern,
but given them both away. I plan on keeping at least one of these! I can't show you the material, though, because they will be used for an exchange on Ravelry. I wish we were doing another bag exchange with Eastside Stitchers. We did one last year, and it was really fun.
Peace,
f1bercat
shaping the planet with a too short sock.
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