15.02.2017

Finished the faire Isle part and the rest of the leg, the heel and the turning heel, just about to start the gusset. Because I have big calfs, I HAD to use size L and the larger needle (2,5) for the cuff and the fair Isle part, but as you can see the other half turned out too big, I had to change to a smaller (2mm) needle sooner. Did that in the last 4-5 rows. From there on I can continue with the smaller needle. For non-colorwork socks I can probably knit medium, and only the cuff with larger needles.

But this is a warm-up, so I will keep my mistakes as they are and learn. There are another few minor errors in the heel, (added a stitch somewhere ???) That I will just ignore this time around ;-).

If the entire stock turns out terrible / I run into more fitting problems, I will first knit the second sock (and decrease after the faire Isle part), and frog and redo the left one. But if it fits okay, I will leave it as it is.

16.02.2017

Just frogged it . (Not the color work, only the too wide k/p pattern). Took me a long time to decide, but in the end it is the best. Had a little extra practice, and will not remake the same mistakes. Also decreased 10 stitches, to get a better fit.

16.02.2017

Redid the part I frogged last night, just finished the gusset. Fits much better now, so I am glad I decided to frog. I DO find the foot on the small side though, 79 stitches would probably be perfect ;-). Tomorrow I hope to finish the first Sock. The second might take a bit longer, although I am eager to try out a new technique I ran into ; ladder back jacquard.

17.02.2017

Almost ready to quit before I really started today, by trying kitchener stitch for the first time. Will spare you the story, but it took me almost 1,5 hours to finish the mess I made of that toe. But. ….I finished the first Sock, and will start the next one tomorrow. Learned a lot so far. Although my kitchener stitch needs a little more practice. ….

19.02.2017

Had to work all day, so not much progress. Only knitted a few down in the evening; the cuff and the first row of fair Isle. This time I tried the ladder back jacquard technique, and it is very easy and I love the amount of stretch it has. Hope to do a bit more tomorrow.

21.02.2017

Almost finished the second sock ; just need to do the toe and find out a better way to do that Kitchener stitch, because that was hell last time and almost ruined the entire sock. Will get it done tonight, I hope.