The socks turned out well, too, mostly. I knit them up on small needles, with 2/2 ribbing for the legs so that the socks will stay up. The heels and their turnings are padded and the socks fit tightly on my feet; these socks won't slip and creep. They're finished nicely-in theory, I could wear these babies inside out.
There's one small problem:
Yup. Completely. Totally. Mismatched. Not even close. In a world where it's perfectly acceptable to knit fraternal socks, these would be the orphans in the bunch.
Do I know what happened? Not a clue. You see, I didn't bother to label this wondrous sock yarn, so I don't know how I managed this impressive
Sock #3 seems to be knitting up differently yet again.
I'll wear the um, pair? They're still nice socks. I can amuse people by my apparent incapability to dress myself. Who knows, by the time I finish knitting up all the yarn, perhaps I'll have something resembling a matched set.
Either that, or I'll have the nicest dusting mitts/socks around.
Happy Halloween!
They may not match but they are very beautiful - I would wear them proudly anyway and most definitely not use them for dusting!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was still in the classroom, the fashionable socks were totally mismatched. The girls would exchange one sock of the pair with a friend so that they wore the same non-matching pairs.
ReplyDeleteWell, as you aware, Susan, I am known for my fashion sense (or lack thereof). Sock #3 is different yet again, with the addition of a shift in grist. Who knows what will happen with Sock #4?!
ReplyDeleteMaybe the yarn has a VeRy long repeat?
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