Koigurama!
It was impossible to pick out the toe of the socks, so I frogged them (rip-it! rip-it!) and started over. This time I’m also carrying along a strand of reinforcing wool/nylon for the toe. Toes of steel! Mom will be able to kick some serious booty without worrying about her footwear unravelling.
The only issue is that now I wonder if it’s too narrow. I used the magic cast-on from Knitty and cast on 18 stitches – 9 top needle and 9 bottom needle – and began increasing every other row as indicated by that cast-on. However, it looked like it was too pointy, so I started doing an increase, increase, straight pattern of rows instead. So now it’s got kind of this flower-basket thing going on at the bottom. As long as it fits, I don’t care if it looks a little funny, because it’ll get stretched when it’s on her foot anyway.
It’s a blurry picture, but you can still see where the socks are in relation to my foot. It’s hard to gauge whether it’s as it should be, because my toes are really significantly wider than hers are. And I’m not up to the total number of stitches for the body of the foot (which, by the way, I’m dropping down to 54 from 60 this time). So maybe I should just keep knitting and see what happens. I would just hate to have to rip this out a second time. Not because I don’t want to do the work again, but because I don’t want the yarn to get all fuzzy.
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Gosh, these are like the socks from hell.
Gosh, these are like the socks from hell.
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Did you manage to get your mom’s circumference measurement? Maybe sketch an outline of her foot? That might help. It’d be funny as hell too. I think it’s looking fine so far. I wouldn’t worry about the donkey ears. But basically, you know your gauge, you’ve got what you need if you can get her circumference. Say she’s an 8.5 and your gauge is 7 stitches per inch. 8.5*7=59.5 By subtracting 10% for negative ease, you get 54 so you’re right on track for a good fit.
Ooh lucky you for being selected at random for a poll! Heh.
Did you manage to get your mom’s circumference measurement? Maybe sketch an outline of her foot? That might help. It’d be funny as hell too. I think it’s looking fine so far. I wouldn’t worry about the donkey ears. But basically, you know your gauge, you’ve got what you need if you can get her circumference. Say she’s an 8.5 and your gauge is 7 stitches per inch. 8.5*7=59.5 By subtracting 10% for negative ease, you get 54 so you’re right on track for a good fit.
Good point. My width is 9.75-10″ around, standing with weight on my foot. Of course, I have wide feet. So the 60-stitch cast-on with a gauge of 6.25 stitches per inch was fairly close for me – should have been 56 with the negative ease, which I didn’t think about (but which makes perfect sense on something form-fitting like a sock).
So if she’s got 9.25 around (I’m guessing), with 6.25 stitches per inch, that’s 57.8, minus 10% is about 52.
I don’t know why people think knitting is brainless. Sheesh.
Anyhow, I’m going to pop by and hopefully see her tonight, so maybe I’ll bring a sheet of paper and make her suffer the indignity of having me trace her foot and take her measurements. It’ll be a bonding activity. Yeah, that’s it.
Good point. My width is 9.75-10″ around, standing with weight on my foot. Of course, I have wide feet. So the 60-stitch cast-on with a gauge of 6.25 stitches per inch was fairly close for me – should have been 56 with the negative ease, which I didn’t think about (but which makes perfect sense on something form-fitting like a sock).
So if she’s got 9.25 around (I’m guessing), with 6.25 stitches per inch, that’s 57.8, minus 10% is about 52.
I don’t know why people think knitting is brainless. Sheesh.
Anyhow, I’m going to pop by and hopefully see her tonight, so maybe I’ll bring a sheet of paper and make her suffer the indignity of having me trace her foot and take her measurements. It’ll be a bonding activity. Yeah, that’s it.