Socknitting Curse

Quick reminder! Just a few hours left to leave a comment for a chance to win some lovely Socks That Rock. Oh, and I want to clarify something—it’s my first blogiversary. I used this domain for something else during the first 3-4 years. : )

I started new Project Spectrum socks with the Fortissima I bought earlier this year. I love the striping and colors. The gray, white and blues are very ‘wintery.’

Last week, I knit the first instep.

And this week another.

But no matter which heel I try (third one so far), they won’t fit. Augh! I need to rip them back and try more gusset increases. Not now though. They need to stay out of sight for a while.

Yesterday, the second-round pattern for Sock Madness was released, and since it uses sportweight, I thought I’d give it a go with another of the “Italian” sock yarns.^*

Unfortunately, I messed up: I forgot to knit plain the alternate rounds. Oof! At that point, I dropped everything and just went to bed.

Today, it occurred to me that I might have cursed myself by frogging my Mad Cows and moving on to new projects immediately. In the past, when I’ve knit socks, I always finished them, always. If I didn’t like them or they didn’t fit, I gave them away.

I recalled the yarn Louise sent when I won her contest,^* so I decided to knit raspberry and tweed Mad Cows. Good idea, right?

Uh oh, one teeny problem: the vintage Patons Kroy is much thinner and loosely plied than the current sportweight Kroy. The tweed yarn is more similar to the newer Kroy so I put it aside for another project. After stash-diving, I came up with a lone, blue skein of Henry’s Attic Kona Superwash sent by Jenifer (from Sock Wars).

We’ll see how this goes!

^*Here are the yarns I’m talking about. I figured it would be easier to show them here again, rather than linking and making you go look at different posts. :) As usual, click for bigger.