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Completed Flat Sock Pair

Finally — A finished pair of flat socks. And they fit!

As you see, the seam is more toward the foot than I would like – however, I’ll take the win.

One of the problems I ran into with this yarn was trying to match the row colors of the second sock. I had to unwind the yarn ball to find the right colors for the various rows. This left me with quite a few ends to weave in at the end. As you can see in the top picture, I wasn’t entirely successful but close enough for me.

I used the stitch markers you see in the above picture to hold missed stitches. Those were the only two missed in the entire sock – I call that a success.

The yarn used is Serenity sock yarn (color: Violas) and the pattern is Green Leaves in the Knit Your Sock Straight book. Links to both are below.

I ended up with multiple yarn bobbins due to trying to match the row colors. If anyone has a better method, please let me know!

Having whole skein of this yarn left, I decided to make another pair. It is addicting. This is a simple pattern. After this next pair, I plan to take on a more challenging pattern from this book. Wish me luck!

Update: 6/13/2020

I made several of these. Kept a few and gave away a few. My friends love them. 🙂

Flat Sock – Attempt 1

First flat sock attempt - right sock.
First flat sock attempt - right sock.

Determined to make my own socks, I ordered my pattern book.  While waiting for it to arrive, I sorted through the yarn pile for some leftovers I wouldn't mind throwing away. I say that because I usually have to make several attempts at a pattern before it looks acceptable. Near the bottom of my stash, I found a ball of leftover baby bootie yarn.

After the book came, I started with the first pattern in the book. The pattern called for k1,p1 ribbing but I decided to go with k2, p2 ribbing for the cuff. That was easy enough. The leg portion was just stockinette. OK - so far so good.

Heel flap - hmmmm - got a little scared but readied my stitch markers! After 18 rows of stockinette, I had a flap. Happiness! Then turning the heel - ummm - I had some trouble with this part. For some reason, my stitch count doesn't match the pattern so I improvise to try to keep it going. A few holes later, I had a heel. Happiness!

The gusset and foot were easy. For some reason, when doing the star toe, again my number of stitches was off and so - more improvising. Next - seaming.

The pattern calls for pinning the edges to ensure the last stitches at the cuff come out even. I didn't have any of the nice t-pins shown in the book. (note 1) So I used stitch markers every couple of inches to line up the edges. As described in the book, I used a crochet hook to sew the seam. Ok Done!

I sat back and admired my work. LOL! It looked like a medieval baby boot for Paul Bunyan! I tried it on - it had a loose fit but the toe and heel were good.

Undeterred, I began the left sock. When I began the heel flap and looked back at the finished right sock, I realized I'd done the pattern completely wrong for the finished right sock. The pattern called for alot of slipping and I'd just done stockinette. More laughing at myself!

When I began the heel turn for the left sock, I realized I was completely off on the row count.

Flat sock attempt - half left sock

Knowing I would never wear Paul Bunyan booties, I pulled the needle out. I was correct about not worrying about scrapping this yarn.

Undeterred, I'll try again!

Note 1: If you follow me on Twitter @gramsdoings, you saw my post about my shopping trip for T-Pins.

Update 6/13/2020:

I never purchased the T-Pins 🙂