July 24, 2008
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Grr…
Do you know what this is?
It’s a half-finished Tidal Wave Sock that doesn’t fit. Boo. For the life of me, I cannot get the dumb thing over my heel, and believe me, I have tried! I started these socks a zillion years ago, and now that it’s summer, the Tofutsies is really nice to work with, so I brought them on my trip and hoped to get some good work done on them. And then, during a flash of brilliance in Italia, I decided to try them on mid-heel-turn. Ruh-roh.
Here’s the thing…I’m knitting using US 0 needles, because that’s what gives me a fabric that I like. The pattern calls for US 1 needles. For some reason, I completely ignored that. No, I have no idea what I was thinking.
I could keep knitting them and give them to someone with smaller feet, but they’re my favorite color and I love the pattern. Also, anyone with feet small enough would probably be in the teenager-ish age range, and not only do I not know too many people that age, but I also don’t think I trust them to take good care of hand-knit socks! ; )
So, one of these days, I’ll binge on Yarn Harlot, chocolate, and wine, and rip ‘em out. I think that I will measure first, do some math, and add and extra pattern repeat or two. I could go up to 1′s, but I really like how the fabric looks with 0′s. What do y’all think? Is adding another pattern repeat the best solution?
Comments (4)
Ugh, how disappointing. I’ve never done socks before, but I guess if I were you I’d add another pattern repeat, like you said. Going up a needle size doesn’t usually make much of a difference when I knit. Really pretty yarn though and it looks great with that pattern.
The yarn and patter look so lovely…shame about the sizing though…that’s one thing that I just can’t get right with knitting either…most of the time. But yeah as the comment above says…going up a needle size doesn’t usually make enough of a difference to change the size of the garment/socks. Hope you come up with a way of sorting it out. Enjoy.
Well a lady who worked in a yarn shop once told me this…if you start messing with a pattern to make it what you would like…by jove you have a knitter…Ash…as painful as it is to say…rip it rip it…where did that frog jump off to? Good luck with it lady…may whatever you decide help you with it. I know how heart-wrenching it is to rip out a project, but sometimes it just has to be done.
hmmm….I think you could add another repeat of the pattern. You might have to work harder to make sure the pattern is centered on your foot when doing the heel if you care about such things, but it should be doable. Would that make it too big? I had a really hard time at first make socks to fit me….good luck!