03-18-2018

Had to use 6/0 beads because the only 8/0 beads I could get were opalescent white, which would not work.

03-29-2018

On the first sock I misread the gusset decreases and only decreased to 34 st instead of 32, so the entire foot has 34 st. I was short one row on the gusset decreases, so I added an extra two to the foot to be safe, for 59 rows instead of 57. I figure that this falls into the category of “honest mistake that resulted in more knitting, not less,” so would probably be ok. At any rate, by the time I discovered the mistake there would have been no way I would have finished in time if I’d ripped back, so the point was moot.

On that same first sock I seem to have gotten my spacing off on the berries, as I couldn’t quite get the duplicate stitch to line up right, and had to add some extra stitches. This may be because I had to rip that bit back in the beginning, and my row count may have been off, or it may be because the berries distorted the rows/stitches enough to make it hard to see where to put the duplicate stitch. At any rate, again, more stitches, not less.

I also had to use size 6/0 beads, as the one packet of 8/0 my local store had were an entirely inappropriate color. I ended up using 11 yo (size 0 needles) to make the long stitch for the beads. I have included close-ups of the beads and branches, spreading the beads apart so you can see better. I hop this is enough.