Sunday Knitting

After I began the Geodesic Cardigan with the Yarn Spawned From the First Circle of Hell, I realize that all three of my current projects were almost exactly the same color. Clearly one of them needed to be finished so I could rectify this situation.

These are the Sunshine Socks, from Cookie A.'s Sock Innovation.

They're a bit loose in the leg, but not as bad as I thought they'd be. They call for a size 1.5 needle which should have tipped me off, but the number of cast on stitches was fairly low. Then in the first pattern row there are some increases, but by then I had forgotten that I was using a largeish needle. But anyhow, I think they're fine.

You may remember that I realized halfway through one leg that there's an error in the chart, and decided to just keep going as I had started. Well, after turning the heel I decided to heed the errata and knit the rest of that sock and the next one the correct way because it does actually look better.

I'm pretty sure the one on the right is the error-ridden one, but you have to look closely to tell (well, especially with this picture. I wasn't thinking about comparing them when I was taking it.) (Also, the color is more accurate in the first photo - it's pretty teal.)

I expect that these will need to be darned about 25 times in the next couple of years before I finally shove them in the trash in a fit of rage. I've used this yarn before and there's no nylon in it so I should have known better than to use it for socks. My plan was actually to make something else with it but I could never decide on what, so now it's socks.

Immediately upon finishing these I cast on for another pair of socks. So now I have two projects that are in the teal family and one in a different shade of blue. I need to find something green or orange to knit...

Sunday Knitting

Briefly, I thought I'd have another finished sweater to show you today. Instead, my sweater is languishing in a heap waiting for me to seam the sleeves and knit the neckline.

A couple of weekends ago I was out of town visiting with family and managed to knit almost half a sock. Then I mostly ignored it until last night when I knit the heel flap. Here's a peek.

It's difficult to make a partial sock look good. I have it stretched over my hand in an attempt to give a better idea of what the pattern looks like. It's sort of an openwork cable. 

I've had this yarn sitting around for a few years now. I think it's Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Solids, but can't be sure because I lost the label when I wound the yarn and that was probably a year ago. It's 100% merino so these socks will need to be darned over and over and likely won't last long. But I already own the yarn and it's a pretty color, so why not?

This pattern is Sunshine from Cookie A.'s book Sock Innovation. I grabbed the book, yarn, and needles on my way out of the house for my trip and picked the pattern later at my destination. So it was only upon my return home that I saw the errata and various comments on Ravelry about the mistakes in the pattern. The official errata is minor, just a small change in the setup row, definitely not worth ripping out and starting again. The other online comments are more major and concerning. Apparently the cables are crossing the wrong way or something, but although the publisher was contacted, the errata was not updated. Does this mean the publisher is not being responsive? Or is the pattern not really incorrect? 

For me, there's no going back now and I think it looks fine. Maybe at some point I'll try them on and think it's obviously completely screwed up, but do you know what? They'll still keep my feet warm.