Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Too Tight Socks

Apparently, I finished these socks in July of 2007 but I rarely wore them because they were too tight - not once I got them on - but getting the lace over my heel was a chore...
...before...
...I loved the lace pattern and the little fluted edge it produced....
...but I whacked them off above the ankle...
...rolled the yarn back into a ball and picked up the stitches - I increased 6 stitches for one more lace panel...
...and after...

...here are the re-finished socks with the new upside down top - notice that you lose the pretty fluted edge when you knit from the toe up - originally these were knit from the top down...

...and the super easy lace pattern:

Round 1: [Yo, k1, SK2P, k1, yo, k1] to end.
Round 2: K all sts.

5 comments:

  1. Good work. Too tight socks are unbearable!

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  2. Amazing you can do that. Fixed-um right up though. MOM

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  3. alright, you "whacker" ....i could go on and give you the giggles, you know.....

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  4. Anonymous11:59 PM

    Oooh, I had to cringe when you mentioned cutting the knitting...but courage won out and now you have wearable socks....good for you.

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  5. Wow! you did a great job!

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