Thursday, January 03, 2008

I'm Staying Inside

Yes the weather outside is frightful.



But the knitting is so delightful.



I decided to rip out the sock I showed you guys a couple post back because 7 inches into the foot it started to look like this.



Pretty ginormous for even a man's foot. Look!



The former sock fitting loosely on my boyfriend's foot.

Needless to say I really like how the sock is coming along now.

This is not the first time I've tried to knit this pattern in stockinette. Many moons ago (pre blog) I knit some socks for myself using this Knitty pattern. Second time around, the same thing happens: MASSIVE socks that would not fit an elephant's foot let alone a woman's.

Therefore I have officially black listed this pattern for simple stockinette socks because the stitch is too loose and you'll end up with a huge sock. But as you can see highly textured stitches make for a very snug, beautiful foot covering.

I'm going to eat dinner. Oh yeah, Happy New Year everyone!

3 comments:

Valerie Polichar said...

Happy New Year! I'm really liking the new sock.

Adrienne said...

Happy New Year! Love the sock!

Virtuous said...

Very delightful! The 2nd time around is nice! Which pattern is that one?

Happy Happy New Year!