11/6/09
Now there is a “pair”. I changed the pattern stitch so that the two socks are a bit different. The first sock uses the original pattern, which has “Knit 2, Slip 1, K1, YO, pass slipped stitch over K1 & YO” worked every other row. The second sock has the pattern row worked every third row. Other rows are plain knit. The change allowed me to use Cat Bordhi’s original proportion of increasing (every third row) without getting lost. The second sock is shaped more gracefully.

11/1/09
The first sock is finished, and the second sock is over half done (the heel is finished, and I’m on the leg of the second sock.)

10/25/09
Franklin needs more socks - his old ones are wearing out. So I’m working on that. I decided to go with one of my favorite stitch pattern, called the Graminaceous Stitch in the Phildar stitch pattern book I got it from. I decided to go toe-up. As is my habit recently, I started the pattern right away. I also took a pointer from the Socks from the Toe Up book by Wendy D. Johnson and cast on quite a few more stitches than I usually do. So far so good.

Then I was faced with the part that I’m no good at with toe-up socks, which is the heel. I decided, after knitting 3 inches or so, that I would use Cat Bordhi’s style of gusset and heel, but I was committed to a stitch with a two-row repeat. I thought I’d see what happened if I made the number of decreases Cat calls for but every other row rather than every third row. I worked the gusset increases into the stitch pattern, and I think it looks pretty elegant. Then I decided to throw in a high-instep adjustment. The result is the biggest heel I’ve ever knit. I think it fits pretty well, but time will tell.