Like the good Raveler I am, I checked and double checked other knitters notes on Marlene and yarn choices before I cast on. Thinking I was ready, I began knitting away happily. A yummy chocolate-y shade of Koigu on #1 needles. About 1/2 way through the first sock I read this by Grumperina which caused a little trepidation but I brushed it off as indigestion caused by the babe. The knitting continued.
Pretty huh? I loved this pattern from the first time I saw it in the Fall/Winter 2008 Knit 1. Another gem from Cookie A. (I’m dying for her new book).
My mind kept telling me it looked a bit small. I knit on… I did swatch and was getting the gauge on a #2 (like the pattern called for) but it just seemed so large, so I stuck with the #1. This is one of the those moments in the life of a knitter when she completely disregards all the things she knows and just jumps in…thinking hey it will all work out. Why worry, just knit.
Then I tried it on……
Can you see anything wrong here? The freaking thing doesn’t fit….not even close….#$%&!!!!! Now this could be from slightly swollen feet and ankles (only one pair of my shoes fit comfortably right now), that’s what I want to believe but why continue the delusion.
Heed the warnings people….
They would probably fit my sister. But I wanted sooo much to knit a pair of socks for myself.
Any thoughts? Rip? Continue and give them away? F@$K!!!
Wouldn’t you know that I JUST had a very similar problem (and blogged about it this morning)? I decided to rip and restart. You should, too. 🙂 You deserve socks!!
You can keep knitting and see how they fit post pregnancy (give it a few weeks at least after – seeing as our bodies seem to take a while to remember that they are no longer pregnant immediately following birth) and then if they don’t fit you could gift them to your sister.
OR, you could try and make them into mitts!!!! Then you could enjoy them right away.
Rip! You need to wear those yummy, gorgeous socks!
oh no! i DID THE SAME THING!!!
I say RIP and do over. I am now making on US3’s?! and they are a teeny bit big but I will switch down to 2’s after the heel flap.
I found the 2nd time much FASTER now that the pattern is familiar.
some on one of the Ravelry forums have added extra K1P1 on the sides but I couldnt imagine fiddling with the pattern.
It hurts, but you WILL love them!
best of luck-beth
I don’t know – they don’t look that bad! Can you pull the whole tube up to the leg or is that as far as they go? I like my socks to be snug enough to stay up and not wrinkle in my shoes, so I always knit ’em tight enough that they need an extra tug to make it over the heel. Then they fit perfectly once they’re on. You can knit the heel flap longer than normal for more room around the heel-instep portion, too. And you’re not going to be pregnant forever!
I love that yarn! So yummy. You so need them to fit you!
Hope to see you soon btw.
That is an amazing sock – much as it would be a drag, I’d frog it and restart and make them for myself – they are too gorgeous to give away.
I’m sure its too late. I know you. You had them frogged 2 minutes after you finished the post! So you know I’m only teasing when I ask, “What were you afraid of? The good news is that they would take up LESS space in the container under your bed!”
Counting the days until I see you! xoxo