Category Archives: sock

Making headway

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I am working on the leg of the second Easy Mosaic sock.

So far I’ve got three repeats of the pattern with two more to go before I begin the heel.

I might even have this pair finished by Sunday (for my birthday!).

I got one done

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I finished the first of the Easy Mosaic Socks yesterday afternoon. Yay!!

After the incident, I am so happy I persevered and got right on it. My knitting mojo is back.

I finished the one ball of the Regia Tweed at the toe and this next ball has some thin and thick parts. It’s the last of this yarn in my stash and the only one with this issue.

And not wanting to get caught up in second-sock-syndrome, I already knit the ribbing on sock number two.

I’m ready to start the pattern on the leg.

I’m glad I marked the main color (MC) and contrast color (CC) on my chart as I don’t want to get mixed up again.

Washing bag

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I love knitting socks and have knit dozens of them.

When I wash them, I try to keep them separate from the rest of the clothes so I put them in mesh wash bags. I bought two of the bags (I make my own now) and could never find them when needed.

Magnetic hook to the rescue.

I now keep the bags on the front of my washing machine so I can always find them when I wash my socks.

I air dry my handknitted socks so the bag makes to so easy to find them mixed in with the other clothes when transferring to the dryer.

Patti

Holy Cow!

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My last post was what? Valentine’s Day?!

Obviously, I dropped the ball with blogging. In fact, I forget how to make a list here. OK, I found it.

  • February – I was so enamored with the Mosaic socks that I couldn’t stop knitting but I did. I decided to have a party* in June and needed to deal with a lot of stuff.
  • March – I wanted new carpeting for the stairs and second floor but first wanted to stain the stairs a darker color.*
  • April – I was still working on the stairs and encountered a problem during the process*. To clear my head, I visited my BFF in Ohio. We had a wonderful time!
  • May – I finally finished the stairs and had new carpeting installed*. We went to our oldest grandson’s high school graduation in Michigan. Then a surprise retirement party for my sister-in-law.
  • June – Cleaned, cleaned, cleaned. We had our family reunion and anniversary party.*
  • July – Hot, hot, and more hot! I went to my first Book Club meeting*.
  • August – My neighbor and I decided two months ago to have a combined yard sale so that occupied most of my time. It ended up that I didn’t have as much to sell but still made $101 plus I got rid of stuff. Most of what didn’t sell went straight to Goodwill and not back into the house. As you might know, having a yard sale is way too much work for very little return. After that adventure, I finally got back to my socks and discovered a BIG mistake.

Well, of course, I discovered a BIG mistake.

Here I am past the heel and gusset and two pattern repeats into the foot section.

The leg.
Something happened here.

You can see where the heel begins on the far right where the red arrow points.

The row right there is where the BIG mistake happened. The chart was wrong (or so I thought) so I redrew it and went right on knitting the gusset and foot.

When I looked at the sock, something wasn’t right. I know it’s there but you might not be able to see it. It finally dawned on me that I reversed the Main color and the Contrast color.

Could I live with the sock being wonky and wrong? With that busy pattern, who could tell it’s not correct?

Me. That’s who. I am my grandmother’s granddaughter. “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.”

*More to come (at a later date) about those other projects and events mentioned above.

Have a great day!

Patti