Bulls in Brooklyn
I’ve been listening to My Neighborhood in Last.fm and have heard some very good things, but also some very bad things like Fall Out Boy and Eric Clapton (I don’t care if he is a Legend, I don’t like him).
Last night I turned the heel on my sock. Then this morning I ripped it out and did it again. *shrug* I slept badly last night and have been wanting to go take a nap for awhile now, but I just can’t put the damn sock down. I am progressing very quickly on this sock for me and my tortoise-like knitting speed. However, I have now reached a point where I am in a dilemma.
My gauge in stockinette is 9.5 stitches/inch (we won’t talk about row gauge). After I did my toe, I increased to 64 stitches and used the centre 30 for the 5-stitch repeat pattern. The foot fits great — snug, but not tight. I turned the heel, picked up a bunch of stitches and have been decreasing down. I knew I would decrease down to perhaps 70 stitches or so and not the original 64 since things always end up too tight around my ankle. Right now there are the 30 stitches in pattern and another 56 in stockinette. I tried on the sock. It fits, but it seems crazy to have TWENTY TWO more stitches in the cuff than the foot. I feel like I should decrease a bit more, another 6 stitches or so to 80 (even though that still seems crazy).
The sock is essentially 4×2 rib and I’m getting about 16 stitches/inch unstretched (12 or so stretched) so if I do go down to 80 (still 16 stitches more than the foot) is that going to be too big and slide down my leg? I’ve never knit any great length of ribbing ’cause I hate it so I have no experience here. I am obviously trying to avoid doing extraneous amounts of knitting that then needs ripping. Hints? The measurement at the skinniest bit of my ankle is 8″ (shut up). The maths says that I would need 96 stitches (that’s the stretched stitches) to fit my ankle which means I’m actually four shy of that right now. What to do? What to do?
I’m going for that nap while you all solve my dilemma.
Last night the rest of my daffodils opened.
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ah, your dilemma is exactly my issues with sock knitting (which is why i’ve only done one pair, and am hoping for better luck this time). i’ve been blessed with voluptuous ankles (!) so i’m pretty sure no mainstream sock pattern out there will fit. the jaywalkers, though, have a version for larger sizes, so hopefully they’ll fit.
this is a long way of saying i can’t help you in your sock dilemma! hope your nap was good though :)
Posted by: brenda in toronto | March 2nd, 2008 20:21
oh, and i feel the same way about the beatles as you do about clapton!
Posted by: brenda in toronto | March 2nd, 2008 20:23