Sock heels of the damned...
Apr. 26th, 2012 08:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crafty_packratI've been working on Changeling socks for a few weeks now, and frankly, I'm going to have to give up on the heels as written, frog them back to heel beginning, and do them over as short-row heels.
Why? -- because the heels as written have a lot of fabric bunching up on the top of my foot while the fabric stretches tight around my heel on the other side. That's not how socks should fit, especially if they're hand knit and made to measure.
The socks won't be quite as spiffy as they'd be done exactly to the pattern, but they'll fit better.
I'm also tempted to knit the Bigger on the Inside shawl for Con.txt -- it'd probably sell well at the charity auction, but the starting price would be a bit high, given that it is made from 2 skeins of Lorna's Laces Solamente in a custom colorway...
Why? -- because the heels as written have a lot of fabric bunching up on the top of my foot while the fabric stretches tight around my heel on the other side. That's not how socks should fit, especially if they're hand knit and made to measure.
The socks won't be quite as spiffy as they'd be done exactly to the pattern, but they'll fit better.
I'm also tempted to knit the Bigger on the Inside shawl for Con.txt -- it'd probably sell well at the charity auction, but the starting price would be a bit high, given that it is made from 2 skeins of Lorna's Laces Solamente in a custom colorway...
scarf
Date: 2012-04-27 09:21 pm (UTC)Re: scarf
Date: 2012-04-29 07:47 pm (UTC)Last time, the con charity (it always has one), was Southern Poverty Law Center and before that is Heifer International (we bought 85 set of ducks!), but I'm not sure they've determined this year's yet.
Anyway, I don't even know if the colorway will be available in time for me to knit it -- I'm fast but the con is mid-June. Maybe I should just do the Batman shawl instead.
Re: scarf
Date: 2012-04-29 10:23 pm (UTC)