What I made, by Sharon

When I finished Gloamin-Tide I had 60 grams of yarn left over, in the 3 fade colours I used. Obviously I decided I wanted to make socks to match the shawl - not just in colour, but to chanel the spirit of the shawl. When I found Cat Bordhi's Hither and Yon Socks , I knew I had found a sock that was just right. It had the advantage of also including the instructions for the Sweet Tomato Heel. Cat has free instructions for these on her website and you tube, but I prefer written instructions. So I bought the pattern and knit two other pairs of socks using the heel construction.  Because I knew I'd have just enough yarn I decided to do these two at a time, toe  on double pointed needles: It was fine when I was only knitting in one colour, but got a bit messy when i was using two. After I finished the foot, I realised that I wouldn't have enough yarn, so I pulled in a fourth colour for the heel - leftovers from my Boxy again.  I'm glad I did. The...

I was knitting away on my Cat Bordhi socks, and I got to the heel. I was very excited and a little bit puzzled because it didn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but I knit on, thrilled to be having an exploration in heels, rather than following my usual tried and trusted heel flap and gusset route.  Unfortunately, I missed the "set up" rows for the heel, so on first try it didn't work. I ripped it on Thursday evening, and put it right on Friday at lunch time. And then I knit on, finishing the heel, the bit after the heel, the gusset decreases. All the time I was looking at it, thinking that it was a little longer than my usual socks. I tried it on and thought that it was a little loose, but it's a 64 stitch sock, so I figured  everything would sort itself out after the gusset decreases. After all, this is a brand new way of knitting socks, how do I know what it is meant to look like at the mid way point? Then I finished the gusset decreases, tried it on and found...