Monday, November 28, 2011

Weird heels!

The socklets are done and they are quite horrible! Not due to my knitting but because the pattern is wonky. What is supposed to be a round heel approximately 1/4 of a circle, turned into a round heel that does a 180 and brings the back of the sock around to meet the instep. That sure isn't right. Blocking won't help (this is a cotton blend yarn). The whole heel is just plain odd. And it is going to get frogged and reknit into a regular short row heel and short top, because the kit only alloted one skein per pair. You can bet the next pair will not be knit with the round heel!
Also finished the socks with Jenny Staimen's (find her on Youtube) very stretchy bind off. It works great. And I plan to use it again when I reknit the socks into something wearable.