I finished my first pair of socks for the Summer of Socks. And I finally got a shot of them with Simba! Notice how they match his coloring?
My tension changed a fair amount from the first to the second sock. I don’t know why. Oddly enough, the second one also has a small bump in the heel turn — I can’t figure that out, either. It’s mildly annoying.
Even on the second sock, stitches kept magically disappearing. Not dropped . . . just suddenly in a pattern of 12 stitches, there’s only be 11. Maybe the bump came when I compensated for one of those times.
They both fit very well, despite the fact that the tension on the ribbing is much tighter on the second sock.
I had thought about starting a new pair before finishing the first pair, but I decided they’d have a better chance of matching if I just did them one after another! Joke’s on me, I guess.
I didn’t really like the yarn that much; I don’t think I’d order it again. Now I have to decide what to knit next. My stash if full of mostly wool . . . but I think I want to knit something I can actually wear now. I was going to try to design a sock with the cotton yarn I have, but I may just have to order more and go ahead and knit some anklets with it.
I also want to try a toe up sock, since the few socks I’ve done so far have been top down. Probably not the next pair, though.
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July 7th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Great socks!! Your simba looks an awful lot like mine, only mine is a she.
Yay for orange kitties! 
July 8th, 2007 at 1:09 am
Thanks! I wish I knew what I’d done to create the bump on the heel. It’s sort of annoying — and although this is only my third pair of socks, this is the first time that’s happened.
Gizmo, Simba’s brother, is also an orange & white tabby. People always think they look a lot a like, but they’re really quite different when you look at them closely.
Yeah for all kitties. I love em all! Altho, I lust after a flame point Siamese at the rescue I volunteer at . . .