You see I also bought 2 skeins of "In the Navy" to make Sean a pair of socks - even before I saw this fun little reminder on the label:
Crocheted socks use sooooo much more yarn than knitted socks. I really must teach myself to knit this year so I can make some of the wonderful knitted sock patterns out there. But for now, I'm very happy with the current project of the cabled crochet socks. Here's the progress I made over the weekend - this one is done except for the heel. The other one is just a couple of rounds away from being at the same place.
Now there was a bit of a scare with this as it was looking like the toe was too long for my foot. There was almost an inch of overhang that was not comfortable. I thought I would have to frog all my work until before the heel. But when I tried them on for this photo, I realized that it may come together correctly when I actually crochet in the heel. I'm going to finish both socks and if the overhang still exists, there will be some frogging and some crying. For now, I'm all smiles.
2 comments:
Oh, Sam, I hope the toe works out for you. The sock looks great. You can pull the heel in by working less rounds, but I gather you've already figured that out. You could also try working 3 decreases at each corner instead of 2. I'm so sorry. I just kept trying mine on all the time. I sincerely hope it all works out at the heel.
Hey, Lauren. No worries - I'll make it work. It's not the pattern, it's me. :) I had been trying them on again and again but alas, the toe suddenly was all wacky. Oh well - live and learn and crochet again.
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