February 15, 2016

JMCO 16 stitches per needle per sock on larger needles. Used larger needles for the first 4 rows then switched to smaller set. Increasing every other row to 31 stitches (due to odd number of lace pattern stitches).

Green and white yarns feel slightly thicker than the pink one… hmm. Switched from green to white on the 8th row (counted CO as 1). Switched from white to pink after 3 rows of white. Stopped increasing with 31 stitches per needle (62 total per sock).

Using smaller needles than my other socks because I want a denser, warmer fabric that hopefully doesn’t stretch out too much and hurt the bottoms of my feet. My looser gauge socks are uncomfortable on the soles to wear inside shoes all day. If this tighter gauge doesn’t help then the next step is a princess sole.

May 16, 2016

This is the tightest gauge I’ve achieved on socks to date. They fit really well and I like the way this heel fits the best out of all the socks I’ve completed so far. I added an invisible “gusset” to the soles of the feet, increasing one stitch in the center of the foot portion every 4 rows until 8 stitches were added to each foot. I did the normal 1/3 of stitches untwinned in the FLK heel pattern despite there being more stitches due to my “gusset” and it worked out perfectly.

I’m really hoping that this yarn gets softer after blocking. It feels very rough and has thickness variability that is a bit frustrating. I’m so glad I’m doing toe up so that I can just knit until I run out of the pink and be done with it. The white and the green both seem to be much more consistent thicknesses.

August 29, 2016

Done! Now crossing my fingers that this awful feeling yarn turns into something soft and amazing post blocking.