6-5-10: Done! I had to do some ric-rac sort of garter around the last units because I was so low on yarn. The toes in the end were just a wee bit tight; perhaps should have used the 6-stitch blocks all along, but they are comfy.

5-31-10: My duhh moment: The instructions say to keep working around the sock after the heel, which would effectively result in a final tier of five blocks if you keep working in the diretion in which you start. I think I need to think of it as a final tier of five because then I can’t forget which direction I started with…

5-28-10 Note: The diagram in the book might be missing a heel tier. It starts with five blocks, then works down to two, then back up to four. I feel it needs another tier of five before continuing with the rest of the sock. That deepens the heel and makes it match the construction of the knitted sock in the picture (or so it appears to me). With only the four tiers in the diagram, the heel is a little too shallow. Also, working a final tier of five means the last tier of the heel is worked in the same direction as the starting tier, so it’s easier to continue with the rest of the the sock.*

I am trying these toe-up, in case I run low on yarn. The pattern is cuff-down and the toe portion is not easily reversible, so I’m inventing a different toe.

After looking at some of Yarnover’s projects and pages I’ve learned a lot about sculpting with entrelac. This my first try at what I hope makes a nice toe that matches the heel.

I used Judy’s Magic Cast-On to begin a single entrelac block, leaving a needle in place at the bottom. From that I made three more entrelac units, the last connecting to the first by meeting the cast-on stitches.

The blocks from the Rainbow yarn are worked counterclockwise (starts in lime green and turns bright blue) and the Abracadbra blocks go clockwise (purple and dark green).

I added one new block to each side on the round following the first four. That made six for the round. On the next round I added one more on each side in the same place as last time. That made eight, and there I stay. You can see where it happened, such as where two purple blocks come together at the sides.

After a few units I learned to twist the stitch on top of the SSK or K2tog connections so I won’t get such prominent “blips” of color showing through. I hope that is effective -- entrelac enthusiasts probably know all sorts of tricks for fixing that.

Approaching the heel, I find my foot is wider so I increased the units from five stitches to six stitches.