Knitting has been slow at the Fiend household.1 Yet, this heel-less ghost sock materialized! It chanted: Knit, Lucia, Knit your cares away!
Yes, I knit the tube down to the toe unwound enough yarn to graft (plus a little more “just in case”) and then broke the yarn. (I’ll graft later. That way, if I mis-programmed “sock-u-later 7 in waiting”, and the sock is the wrong length, I’ll be able to rip back without unpicking the grafting. )
I now picked up the heel stitches I’d put on waste yarn earlier this week. Strangely enough, to create a heel, I’m knitting a second “toe”! That is to say every other round, I decrease a total of 4 stitches– one at the right and left edges on the “top” and one on the right and left edges of the “bottom”. When I’m down to the correct number of stitches to make the heel snug I’ll bind off.
Looking at this, I am reminded tons of people on the knitlist were asking how to make Yoga Socks. Well, I think anyone who looks at this sock and knows how to knit can guess. Instead of working the “toe” to create a “heel”, just work a few rounds of ribbing and bind off.
1. For those wondering, Biggie is eating drinking has has resumed grooming himself. He is still on tetracycline (which he thinks tastes bad.) The vet prescribed steroids to improve his appetite and vitamins with liver and iron to help him start making more red blood cells. He thinks both the steroids and the vitamins taste bad! But, he’s eating!
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Yay for Biggie!
Comment by Chris — 1/21/2006 @ 1:35 pm
I just bought a yoga sock pattern from Purl. It’s made with LL Shepherd Worsted, which I have so no breaking the diet.
Comment by Dee — 1/21/2006 @ 4:58 pm
I’m glad Biggie is feelin better.The ghost sock looks great. I so need to get strict with myself and actually finish one of the many many pairs I’ve got stashed away. lol
Dunno what I did to my browser, but the only way I can get to your blog now is to use Firefox. I’ve got your site in the trusted zone and have cookies always allowed. I keep getting your error page though. shrugs Then again my pc is just a big ole pos anyway. hehehe
Comment by Becky — 1/21/2006 @ 5:07 pm
Thanks for letting me know Becky. It could be over agressive spam filtering! Do you know which error page you are getting?
Comment by lucia — 1/21/2006 @ 5:11 pm
I’m so happy Biggie is better:) That is an odd looking sock (wink)
Comment by Barb — 1/22/2006 @ 6:12 am