I’m totally in love with this spring thaw sock – I got on my way and it didn’t take much time to finish the first one at all – it fit when I turned the heel, so I went crazy and finished it. Its SO pretty
I couldnt wait to see it on my foot. Can you just hear me sighing from where you sit – the stupid beautiful wonderful sock is just a tad too big. Uggh! When measuring the row gauge I should have measured from the pattern and not the regular stockinette side. Yep I’m an idiot.
I’m in this “well its all experience” mode, so I decide I’m fearless and I do love the socks enough to want to do them really well – I’ll just start over and knit both together using the magic loop. In theory this is a very good idea – unless of course you are like me and tend to try to make knitting part of your chill out and be mindless activity. The supremely bad idea was trying to turn two heels watching two patterns that need to go in opposite directions all while relaxing in front of tv. I gave up after turning both heels a few times each and not getting the right number of stitches.
So sad….so now I have one beautifully knit sock that is too big and I’m not feeling like making another one to share – call me selfish but I want them for me.
My plan is to take a deep breath and a little break – and to find another winter white yarn that is more similar (if not exactly the same) to the one the pattern calls for.
I’m not giving up – I’m just looking at it as learning to calm my obsessive nature!