Finally, after much re-knitting of inexplicably screwed-up short-row heel shaping, gusset decreasing and toe shaping I’ve finished my Firefly Socks by Jennifer Hagan. The mistakes had nothing to do with the pattern, and everything to do with the half-wit knitting it.
Using a solid or semi-solid yarn would have shown off the cables better, but I do have a deep love for self-striping so I stuck with Patons Kroy. Finishing the toe on the second sock makes me realize I’ve only used the Kitchener stitch correctly once. If done correctly, the stitch grafts a sock toe in such a manner that it’s supposed to be invisible, but whatever messed up way I do it always leaves a ridge, but anyone looking that closely at the toes on my socks needs a hobby. I’m a live-and-let-live type, and as long as my feet don’t poke out of the end of the sock, I’m happy.
The gallery is back open! Technically we opened again on July 2nd, but my first day back was yesterday. I brought my Eastern Market tote WIP along and finished another pattern repeat. We’re never super busy, and especially not right now so I had plenty of time to knit, but something about the metal needles and cotton-blend yarn makes for some seriously slow going. I think it’s the friction between the metal and the cotton, because every few stitches I have to readjust the cable, but I don’t have a wooden circular in the same size. Probably going to line the bag with quilting fabric and adding a snap closure instead of leaving it a market bag. mainly because I have about seventeen re-usable market bags as it is.