July 25, 2011

Why I Don't Do Singles

 Early in July I was contacted to test knit another sock pattern.  It's a lovely pattern and I said yes.  The designer needed one sock in 2 days time. 

So - I grabbed some yarn, caked it up,  and divided it into two.  Then I grabbed some double pointed needles - I have quite the collection that rarely gets used - and started knitting away. 

I finished the first sock in record time and then finally started the second this past week.  As I was knitting along, I noticed that the yarn wasn't patterning in the same way on the second sock - but I just kept knitting along - sometimes I'd
rather be knitting something I know I'll rip - just to have busy hands.

Maybe you can see it better in the second photo?  The bottom sock is the first one and it's easily a quarter of an inch bigger than the second.  Quarter of an inch!  You say - but really that's half an inch because it's doubled and it will make a difference. 

So now it's caked back up and I might start them again this week at knitting but I'm currently working on a shawl and a cardigan and I'm in no hurry to get back to them - regardless of how pretty they are.

10 comments :

  1. Boo!! Sorry 'bout that. It is a cute pattern... for what THAT is worth.

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  2. Um...wow! I did that once...accidentally made the second sock smaller than the first...got all the way to the end before I figured it out. (Navy hides things) Do LOVE your yarn and pattern, though. :-)

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  3. Oh but the socks aren't supposed to be identical now! :) No ripping...

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  4. They are pretty. I couldn't ignore the size differential, either.

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  5. That's why I usually do sleeves at the same time. I don't knit socks, so don't have that problem. Pretty pattern and nice color on the yarn.

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  6. Bummer! Did you use a different size needle or was it just tension? They are pretty but nothing worse that a loose fitting sock ~ I would have ripped too.

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  7. Love both the pattern and the yarn but yeh socks def have to be the same size :-) I'd have ripped too.

    Ever since I started 2 at a time/toe up, I've gotten paranoid about second sock syndrom, can't bring myself to do singles at the moment. You knit such pretty items.

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  8. Like Chan/Sissy says, Booooo....but they sure are purty. Pattern and yarn make a nice couple.

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  9. pretty pattern! how do you divide a yarn cake?
    i have a partial cake and want to make another pair of socks but don't want to run out on the second sock. can't get any more of this yarn.

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  10. I recognize that pattern! :D I've accidentally grabbed one dpn that was a size bigger than the other 3. Took me a while to figure out what was causing the problem and then I just wanted to stab something. LOL

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