I looked at the blue gloves again and decided.... the thumb gussets had to come out. They are much too big, not going to have sloppy knitting on my hands. Literally.
So yes, I frogged both of them all the way back to where the gusset starts. This gives me a chance to also get them both in sync with row sequence as well. Not too much frustration with picking up stitches. I made sure to stop where an all knit row was to make it easier. At least on the first one I did. Second one, sill my was distracted and had to be careful picking up the slip and knit stitches. It's not a rush project, won't be needing them for another nine months at least.
Oh and I decided not to rip out the green cuffs for the other pair and just knitted the first two stitches together on the round. A couple of reasons why I chose to do that; first, I really, really did not want to restart them again. Second, the first two inches are at the thicker part of the arm and a little extra room by one stitch is actually a good thing.
I decided to try a new stitch combination on a sock. This is going to be 100% an original design for me and so far, pretty happy how it's turning out. Temporary name is 'Faux Braid Pad Foot Sock'. Because that's what it is. The pattern on the top of the foot, and the leg, is called 'Faux Braid' and the sole is a three row alternating S1K1/K/K1S1. So it adds just a little extra padding to the ball of the foot and when I get to the heel will see what type of heel will work best with the stitch. I tried to do the four row slip stitch but it curled too much so I researched to see if anyone else had done a slip stitch on the sole of a sock and someone did. Voila! The striped yarn is working out really well and I am now considering taking out the blue 'wave' socks completely down to the toe and doing a pair in this pattern.
This is an older pair of socks I own, they're good 'summer' socks because they're rather thin. What looks like moss or seed stitch is actually faked. They add an extra loop inside the sock so it thickens the stitch so technically this could be either a slip stitch or seed stitch. The yarn, of course, is much thinner than anything I want to use so in order to copy this pattern from a commercial sock will be interesting.
Toe and heel are contrast colors and the sole is straight knit, not a problem. Making the stitch counts to look similar is the thing. A narrow band of seed stitch, two stitches of plain, the wide band of seed, two knitted and the other narrow band of seed. So. Starting with a women's medium, 32 sts on top to work with divide in half is 16, half again is 8. 6 seed, 2 plain st, 16 seed, 2 plain, 6 seed. The calf/leg part is a mock 3-1 rib. Technically it looks like a 3-1-1 (p1k1p1k3) but commercial stitches are deceiving.
When I actually figure this out I'll be looking for a plain or semisolid yarn to work it in. I love colors but sometimes a solid color works better for a pattern. It feels good to be creative but I want it done now.
Right?
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