Sunday, June 24, 2007

The good, the bad, the sock....


I have officially finished my very first sock!

Here's the good:
  1. I did it! I really did it!
  2. It has a heel, gusset and decreased toe
  3. It's a beautiful blue

Here's the bad:

  1. It doesn't fit.

Ok... so that's only one bad but it's a pretty big and depressing one. It's baggy around the heel. It's loose all around. Now, I know what I did, I did actual gauge instead of slightly stretched, which is needed for a sock. At least for the general looseness. The heel, I used a k1, s1 (RS), p1, s1 (WS), which actually made a very dense fabric. So dense that it pulls tight and makes the fabric above that area blouse. Not something I want in a heel.

On the plus side, I guess... now I don't really need to feel guilty about immediately casting on the second one because who wants a pair where one of the socks is all floofy. (yes... one of the socks... I really can't see making a second one exactly as bad!). So now, I can cast on for other things (like the Invisibility Shawl) and just take this as a learning experience.

Oh, one more good.... it does look pretty with the daffodils :-)

Happy Knitting! - Dragonfly

4 comments:

knitter in the desert said...

bummer man....and it is a pretty sock.....
(dragonfly's sister)

camillaknits said...

okay, I mad ethe exact mistake on my first sock... granted this was about oh, nine years ago, and I got so pissed I didn't try again for oh, say six years...

all, and I mean ALL heel flaps to be worn in a shoe go like this: right side row: slip 1 p-wise, knit 1, repeat both all the way across the row. This is why you always want to have an even # of sts in your flap. ON THE WRONG SIDE, and you gotta trust me on this, slip only the first stitch purl-wise. Purl every stitch all the way across the row. Repeat. Yes it pulls in a wee bit, but this serves to help the sock hug the foot. Tell me needle size, yarn used, sts cast on... must know, must help dragonfly soar on socks...

camillaknits said...

why is sock sitting in a pizza box?

LotusKnits said...

I too had the same problem with my first few socks, and I concur with Cami about the heel technique. It's the only heel I use any more. It's also good to measure your foot around your arch. Mine is a good inch smaller around than my calf, even though sock patterns have you decrease back to your original stitch count so I always have to decrease several more times until the foot fits snug. It really just takes practice and a little knowledge about your foot! :D