The hollowed out cake of yarn weighs
53g's now.. and the scarf—just slightly stretched and demi blocked
is 28 inches long by 12 inches wide . So, when finished it will easily be 60 inches,
and likely closer to 65 inches finished. A very nice length for a
soft, lace, dressy scarf. (That is about 1.5 to 1.6 m or so by about .30cc wide)
It has enough colors in it to match
half the clothes I own, (and some I have planned) The second half
will be the reverse colors to the first half, with bright turquoise
marking the half way point.
It's faster and easier to knit now the I
have the pattern memorized.
The red sock has grown a bit, too, and now measure a full 7 inches in the leg. Today
I will start the heels—which will be a bit slow going—I plan to
stop and photograph each detail.. And at the same time, I am going to
separate the socks, and show one heel being worked on 2 circ's, and
the other sock (and heel) being worked on DPN's. My sock knitting
tutorial is woefully lacking photo images and a video on how to work
a heel—this sock will be the first step in remedying this.
There will be other image to come—there
are so many options for heels! I want to have at least a few
options photographed, and videoed.
The Flap, Turn, Gusset heels is one of my favorites—and
I think on average, the best fitting heel. There are so many options
to this heel as well. Starting with the size of the flap--most often
½ of total stitches in the sock.. (but this can be increased or
decreased), the stitches--most often Heel stitch, but I have also
used Linen and half linen, or the eye of partridge --but there are
many other options.
The same goes for the turnings.. Heelsby Number is my goto for working out round or handkerchief
turnings.. The Dutch (aka square) turning is good too—since I, like
many, have duck feet--Triple E width at the ball of my foot, but C at
the heel (this is commonly called a split last—a last being the
form used to make shoes)
The Red socks will have a pair of
conventional side gussets—but I have done gussets placed on the
instep (Why B Normal socks) or on the sole of the foot (May'sSocks—Blue Swirl) but most often, side gussets are rule of the day.
