I've got quite a bit of knitting done in the last two weeks.
I have a new cast on. The Astrid socks by Tracie Miller of The Grocery Girls
I'm not happy with my contrast colour choices. The green is too variegated and close in colour to the cream so the pattern gets lost. I'm not going to undo them but for the rest of the pattern I will change that green to a darker green.
As I prefer kntting toe up and the pattern is for cuff down, I'm having to modify the pattern a bit, so reading charts from top to bottom, instead of bottom to top.
I'm going to try two new to me techniques on these socks. I decided to try the Fish Lips Kiss heel - more on this below. The pattern is for a heel and gusset, so I need to ignore the heel and gusset instructions.
The other new to me technique is I'm knitting these Two At a Time (TAAT) on a 100cm cable. So far I'm enjoying knitting socks this way.
So many people seem to love the Fish Lips Kiss heel, no picking up stitches, no cutting into the sock. I decided to give it a try. At only $1 for the ebook what was there to lose.
The ebook tells you how to draw and measure your foot for where the heel is to start. It then gives a formula to double check your drawing. Well my drawing and formula were way off. I tried redrawing, tried recaculating the formula. Nope, it wasn't working. I also wanted to check that the heel looked OK before putting into socks and that I could follow the instructions. So I decided to knit a practice heel. The practice heel tells me that the heel measures the same as my afterthought heel, so hopefully it should be a fit. As the measurement matches it means I can knit my usual number of rows on the foot before starting the heel.
Up to the last colour on my second mitt.
Did quite a bit on the Habitation throw. Was only up to the 3rd stripe last time.
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