Pattern: Simply Sweet Toe-Up Socks by Rebecca Bailey. They are sweet indeed, and simple, even if you're attempting any of the techniques involved for the very first time. Oh yeah, I learned a bunch of stuff with this project. Let's see. These are my first toe-up socks, also first time using magic loop method.
The pattern is written out for 64 and 72 stitches and I went for the former. If I ever knit this design again, though, I'll resize to 60 because...
That's where my toe is if I stretch the sock ever so slightly. Despite going down from 2.75mm to 2.25mm needles, using thinnish yarn and frogging quite a lot, I ended up with socks that are simply too big. They're wearable, but definitely not perfect. Perhaps as an extra, to put on top of another pair?
I'd give them away but I know neither a man who would wear those colours nor a woman with feet this large. See, I'm size 41 so I'm guessing you'd need a foot size 43-44 to have these fit comfortably. Oh well, lesson learned. If your sock looks massive when you're knitting it, it will most likely stay this way when you're done and NOT FIT YOU. Who would've thought...
On needles these days - Oceanspray. I've barely begun and already had to frog a day's worth of knitting because I spotted a forgotten yarnover 20 rows on. Depending on how you want to view it (glass half-full of half-empty kind of choice), this either doesn't bode well for the future or used up my quota of mistakes for this project and guarantees success.
Luckily, I'm loving the yarn. Silk and baby alpaca, what's not to love? It'll probably be a nightmare to care for but my goodness, isn't that thing soft!
Stay tuned for updates!
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