The really good thing about doing socks using short rows (yep, that dreaded wrap & turn thing) is that it works really well when you are knitting two socks at a time on two circular needles. The downside of these heels is that it is so difficult to see the wraps when you need to pick them up. Unfortunately I read this tip from Ann too late. She suggests putting in a marker at each wrap. I'm definitely going to give that a go next time.
The other discovery I made is that I think I'm going off self striping sock yarn. And that is a bit of a problem because I still have several skeins in my stash. I guess what I need is an exciting pattern that works well with a self striping yarn. Any suggestions?
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The Barnraising Quilt from the book "Knitalong"?
Nice job on the socks.
Oh they look great!
I remember when I started to go off the striping yarns, or even heavily variegated. I just knew I wanted more from my socks. I still use it because it's great for plain socks (which are great for travel and when I'm talking to friends and need easy knitting) but there's a bigger world out there!
Hi - come see me again, ok? I tagged you b/c you'd been a visitor in a specific period of time - it was a fun project, so I hope you'll play along; if not, that's ok, too!
love the socks and its interesting to learn all these tricks when it comes to knitting them :)
destash the sock yarn on Ravelry in the aussie knitters ;) you know Im sure someone will buy it or swap with you :)
Thanks for all the suggestions. I feel like following them all up one way or another.
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