to change yarns for the heel flap. This ruby red yarn kept insisting it was a good match for the cherry red stripe, and that I needed to add it to the sock. This image magnifies the difference in color—in natural light (its overcast and I used a flash to take the photo) the color difference is not so great--and this red is not quite colorfast. It will fade a bit with each washing (as I know from experience).

(And that will add another half dozen
ends to weave in! Aaugh! Why can't I just learn not to listen to
yarn?!)
Still, it is nice progress, another 2
inches done (measuring on the instep side)--from a green stripe, to a
cherry red one, and now just past a yellow one; The flap and turning,
even the gussets started. The contrasting yarn solves a problem,
too. I really dislike how the striping pattern of self striping
yarns break at the heel flap and turning. There will still be a bit
of disruption caused by the extra stitches per round as I decrease to
form the gussets, but it won't be near so bad—and on the instep
side, the color order (green, cherry red, yellow) will remain
constant, and even the spacing won't be too distorted.
There are other solutions—different
heels, for one—but since I have knit so many socks, I think I could
knit a flap and turning in my sleep—for easy socks, (and these are
supposed to be easy socks!) a flap/turned/gusseted heel is the
easiest—Well, it is for me.

Not only did I get all this done—but
I cast on for a third pair of secret socks... Toe up this time, since
I am trying to alternate toe up and cuff down. These will be simple
socks too, but a bit slower to knit, since I will be documenting all
the little details along the way. I plan to try out Cat Borhdi's new
sweet tomato heel on these socks. I want to see for myself how it
works and how it fits.
(Some bad news—I found a copy of
The Red Queen, Philippa Gregory so I will be a bit distracted by some
reading!)
1 comment:
The red looks very good in the heel, to my eye. I've seen a slipped stitch heel, I think, on Opalicious when I knit that one ..not sure. Maybe it's on Yukon Leaves, hmm?
I;m doing lots more reading than knitting, You are more balanced. And, don't worry, you will get that weight to move eventually.
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