To figure out my socks problems, I've reached into my library to see how others have dealt with the issue. No need to reinvent the wheel. For the Concrete and Tulip socks, I'm looking at the Welsh Country Stockings in Nancy Bush's Folk Socks as an example on how to do calf shaping. (You can see them in the upper left corner of the book.) Those socks are worked top-down, so it isn't a complete match. But now I have an idea on what kind of spacing I'll need for each set of increases.
The Hieroglyphic Socks have a heel problem because I made it one. I didn't care for the recommended heel, but I did like the way stickfia on ravelry worked her Hieroglyphic Socks. Originally I thought I would turn the heel like she did, but I really want all the stripes to match. I realized that I had tackled this problem before, so I broke out Lit Knits to see what I had done. I think I am going to use the dutch heel that was used in Behind The Garden Wall.
What kinds of sock problems have you all encountered? And do you have any favorite books you reference to remedy said problems?
1 comments :
Tricky tricky, but those sure are going to be some gorgeous socks once they are done!! That concrete and tulip yarn is so beautiful, I think knee highs is an excellent purpose for them. As for solving sock issues I tend to go through my rav library to find patterns with similar techniques/solutions and go from there.
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