I am, however, concerned. I'm ballparking - I know she wears a size 8 and her foot appears to be a bit wider than mine. So I made the sock shorter than one for me would be, but wider. Except I made it a bit more than a bit wider. Kind of a lot wider. Like, "cut the toe off of this and it could be a dog sweater" wider. So I'm hoping she can wear them okay, even if it's just around the house. I also botched the length a bit. They may have been a hair long for her, but I hope I managed to avoid disaster by decreasing each round at the toe - the ribbing is bunching a little around the toe, but I can block that out, and if not, no big deal: it squares right up on the foot, and the bunching is only noticeable when they're lying about. Oh, and I goofed a little on the top-of-foot ribbing - okay, fine, I shouldn't ever try to knit a sock without a pattern. But that's what makes them special - I was trying to make them just for her...oh, I feel like a kindergartener trying to pass off a lovingly crafted papier mache ashtray to non-smoking parents.
Here we have it on my foot - it's not too bad, really, but I wish I'd done better. Still, I like the way the yarn (Opal) patterned up (even if it does feel funny when knitting - that superwash coated feeling, yum...) and I do always enjoy knitting a sock without a pattern, even if it's just a simple 3/2 rib. And even though I wasn't crazy about the colours in this skein, I do like that it has red, white, blue, and yellow. (Hence the name - we're both Texans, so I like that I got the flag colors and pulled off a clever little "Yellow Rose of Texas" pun.)
Oh, and I JUST found out that friends Gina & Geoff are having a baby girl! And thank goodness, because I had girl-yarn stashed, but I didn't want to start until I was sure. Wheee!
That socks looks pretty good to me!
ReplyDeleteI am sure she'll love them.
My thoughts on Opal...hmm...
ReplyDeleteI rely pretty heavily on superwash yarns for socks because, as you know from also living in the south, anything that's not superwash is likely to felt right on the feet of the wearer as soon as they put them on. So, if we lived in a world without superwash merino and really soft lovely sock yarns from small dealers like Lisa Souza, Sweet Georgia, Sundara, Carolyn Greenwood, etc., I'd say Opal was kinda neat. Or if there wasn't Koigu. Or Lorna's. Or Bearfoot...but really, Opal's not great. The self-patterning thing is kinda neat. But it's really...crunchy. I'm so hoping that a good bath will make them more appealing to the hands, because I kind of want to start another pair for her right away. If you stumble across a skein of the self-patterning stuff on sale, it's worth a shot. I wouldn't go out of my way to find it online and pay full price and shipping or anything.
(And I don't ever block socks either, but I've been trying this one on constantly, so I should at least give them a good wash.)
Opal will soften. I have one pair of Opal socks and while they sucked wile knitting, they feel nice now.
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