This holiday trip, I broke my rule. I took yarn and an extra set of needles and started a new pair. It seemed like the right thing to do at the time. Camping, in a group, with friends. Busy running around to classes, visiting, shopping and camp chores, I figured a mindless knitted sock - in this case a 3/1 ribbed sock, would be perfect. Now the colourwork socks were on the needles and I'd finished the finickity counting the chart part, so the rest of plain knitting. Why didn't I bring it along?
My gauge was off. I knit the second sock in a totally different gauge. There was a noticeable difference between the patterns on the first and second sock. The bottom stripey bit on the second sock, started where the first one ended! I was discontented to say the least. At that point, I was ready to rip the thing out and start again, working to tighten up my knitting. I'd be able to do what I had first intended as well, which was to knit the second sock as the reverse of the first.. so black pattern on a red sock. I had totally forgotten to do so and was halfway through the pattern before I noticed it. sigh..When I got back home, the patterns had relaxed somewhat and are closer in size now. The big question is, do I try to live with the difference or do I rip it out and start again? (Not only that, but I just realized that I've knitted both socks with the pattern bottom to top, so it's upside down! How in the world did I manage that one?)
argh, ripping out two colours is such a mess:(( I'd leave it, upside down doesn't matter, because you did it on both socks - and you won't see the difference later, because the legs are covered with pants? welcome home btw, I am a bit behind:)) your flowers look lovely - I adore sunflowers and it's sad that we had such a wreck of a summer here...
ReplyDeletejust thinkin about the purple blotch: how about going back again to the first blotch, and using two balls alternately - starting with green on one ball and purple on the other - which would give you a more stripey look?
ReplyDeleteHonestly, do you really think anyone is going to run a tape measure up your leg!
ReplyDeleteBettina - I think you're right about the two ball technique, making it look more stripey. I'll have to think about that. I'm about to start the toe, so that's a lot of ripping back though.
ReplyDeleteSharon - hehehe, nope, not worried about tape measures, but the difference before I left on holiday, was very, very noticeable.. over an inch between the two. It doesn't look nearly so awful now that it's had time to relax. Still, I could do the other one red, with the black pattern and it's horribly tempting to do so.