another pair

the color in the picture is not good. My gd broke my camera and the new one doesn't take good pictures. these are jitterbug yarn on size 3 needles to start and when I got to the increases I went with a size 2. I wanted to make sure the heel with tight enough. They came out great and I love the yarn.

2005 Christmas socks--Done!

Yesterday I finally finished my first pair of toe up socks. I thought the heel looked odd until my husband tried them on--perfect fit! I did my regular bind off on the first sock, but there were some tightness issues, so for the second sock, I used EZ's sewn bind off--I lurv it! I'm going to re-do the bind off of the first sock.

I promised socks to Neal in 2005, and I cast on for Socktober fest in 2006. I'm so happy to finally be done, and I'll certainly try toe ups again!

Thanks for all the great links and encouragement! --Beverly

Lovein' It!

It is so amazing to try something new just because it is is different....and you end up loving it! I have been knitting socks for so long but always in the cuff-down style. I rarely use a pattern unless I am doing a lacey one. But toe-up called me--how could you turn the heel? I was intrigued! I stumbled on the short row heel used here, but it finally dawned on me what the goal was and it all came out just fine! The yarn, a superwash, is hand-dyed by JenyaLovesFiber , an EBay store; I spun it on my Ashford Joy wheel, the needles I used were 2.75mm by KnitPicks, the pattern for this was a freebie from Turtlegirl called Red Dwarf Socks.

My First One Finished

I finished my first toe up sock. I used a combination of techniques. In fact each part of the sock came from a different pattern. Because it was an experiment, I used an old discontinued yarn from my stash. I enjoyed every part of the process except for the bind-off. It went down-hill at finishing time. For more details you can read about it on my blog. Suggestions for the perfect bind off are welcome! Susan