Well, if you were ever curious about what a small section of the hallway at my office looks like, now you know! Finished the Lace and Cable Socks from Socks from the Toe Up by Wendy D. Johnson. I staged the photoshoot (as it is) with the help of an obliging colleague who didn’t even question why I started taking my shoes off in the hallway and asked her to take pictures of my feet. They know me so well.
Fun, quick knit, with a very descriptive if not slightly unimaginative name. I forgot to mirror the cables that bracket the lace panels like the pattern calls for, but if no one knows no one will know, except for those reading this.
This was my first time knitting a heel flap from the toe up. Pretty interesting construction technique that made total sense as I was knitting along. I didn’t do my usual adaption of decreasing gusset stitches on every row instead of every other to have less bulk around the heel, but at the gauge I was achieving with the yarn and my 000 straight needles it didn’t really matter. I did switch to a circular needle a few inches into the foot on the first sock but noticed a large difference in the gauge so switched back to straights. I’m faster with circulars, but my gauge is much looser with them even with using needles of the same size. For the sake of fit (especially with a sock pattern like this that doesn’t have floats to compensate for a looser gauge) I stuck with straights. Used Regia Native Color 4-ply in colorway heck if I know, especially since it’s not currently in stock at Webs.
And yes, lacey socks are quite cold in winter but at this time of year it’s too dark when I get home from work to take a good picture. The sacrifices I make…