crafty_packrat

I'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...

the sock heel problem. Now I just need to try it on to make sure the modified short row heel fits.

I've reached the heel on my Goldfish socks, and I'm going to modify it by knitting the short row heel over 30 stitches instead of 24. The pattern as written just doesn't work for larger feet.

So let's hope I've got the math right and it works out in the end...

I've gotten past the 'forethought' heels on the Chevron socks I'm been knitting. I doubt I'll use this pattern again, because I'm really don't like how afterthought heels fit my actually heels. And this particular pattern is turning out quite a bit tighter than I like, so I've decided that these socks are going to be a gift for a friend who has rather smaller feet that I do.

On the other hand, the socks are turning out ( pretty )

I might use the chevron pattern again, possibly with a heavier yarn -- it'd make for some nice house-socks.