Sunday, February 20, 2005

1st of the Backroads socks are complete!!


orangepink handspun sock
Originally uploaded by DandyLion1974.
I turned the (short row) toe this afternoon, and just finished grafting the stitches( 40 of them little buggers)....
it fits so well!!
I love it...
I'm casting on the next sock as soon as I post this, I'm going to look pretty silly wearing one sock around...
lol..
must get the second done VERY soon!!

I will be making a few changes for the second sock tho... for the first I used the short row heel from wendyknits... and altho it's very well written, I'm not to sure what happened... I have gaps?? in the heel... I'm thinking that I didn't pick up both of the wraps??

for the toe I used the EASY SOCKS pattern from ozyarns... no wrapping involved... and much easier for a beginner like me!!
the toe is a bit to square for my likings... I'm not sure how to fix that tho.. so I'll have it learn to live with it.. lol..unless you wonderful sock knitter bloggers have some helpful hints?? please comment if you know. Thanks:)

love it

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I love the yarn color! I'd be in a rush to finish the second sock too (while, also, wearing the first...lol)

General Ginger said...

Beautiful sock!