Knits

I need to remember that I am knitting two socks at once. I mean, it’s not like I am actually forgetting that I am, but you know, progress is much slower than it seems it should be when I think about how long I’ve already been knitting these. I’ve only just finished one repeat of the lace pattern. Lots more to go just on the foot let alone the cuff! But when I am done, I shall have two socks mwahahaha

Oddly, I think I am actually knitting tighter than the pattern gauge, yet the sock is rather loose. Not quite sure what to do about this. I can’t really decrease any stitches as the pattern repeat is a repeat of 12 stitches three times. Even if I decreased a few stitches on the foot, I’d still be at a loss when it came to doing the cuff because obviously the pattern goes around the entire leg and not just across the front.

Funnily enough, last night when I was working on the toe and tried it on when it was 56 or 60 stitches, it seemed really small and like I was going to have to fudge it somehow, maybe add a few stitches either side along the instep. However, once I got to the requisite 72 stitches, it seemed to fit perfectly, so I don’t know what’s up with it getting w i d e r. Perhaps it’s the decreases along the sides as the instep has a decrease either side of the repeat. I’ll try to tighten these up a bit since they are also against the foot and might be looser than they should be. Doing two socks at a time with a chart actually makes it very easy to do a mirror-image so I’m quite pleased that that’s working out.

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