With my jaywalkers finished, it was time for a new transit knitting project. As it was also the beginning of the month, I decided to join in the June SKA challenge and cast on Inlay.

Pattern: Inlay by Hunter Hammerson.

Yarn: Cascade Heritage sock in burgundy. I love the richness of this color, and after knitting with Opal the merino feels so, so soft. This color is perhaps a bit dark and a bit fuzzy to show off all the interlocking stitches well, though. That will also somewhat camouflage the uneven stitches.

Execution: I cast on with the twisted German cast-on, and added four extra stitches (knit stitches just inside the flanking purl columns); the original 64 stitches wasn’t going to fit as high up my leg as I wanted. The cuff is seven repeats instead of five, and the leg is 56 rows (four repeats plus 8 rows) before I start the heel flap. The heel flap is worked as written. The heel turn was adapted to include those extra two stitches. As originally written, you purl until one past the center stitch, then p2tog, p and turn; the next row knits until one past the center stitch before ssk, k, and turn. I purled/knit until two past the center stitch, and continued knitting/purling back and forth until all stitches were used. I also picked up 18 stitches per heel flap instead of 17. The foot was the last four rows of the repeat in which the heel turn happened plus another 75, ending after row 3 of pattern. I worked the first part of the toe as directed, which means I ended up with an extra four stitches when starting the second, faster rate of decrease. I did an extra round there to get down to 16 stitches before grafting the toe shut.