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<\/a><\/p>\nThe problem I ran into was on the right sock, where the top of the sock meets the gusset (diagonal line emphasized here by a shadow.)\u00a0\u00a0 The first stitches of the decrease on the left side of the right sock did not snug in as they were supposed to, so I had an openwork look–not good for that part of a sock, even if you want lacy socks (and I don’t. )\u00a0 I tried several fixes, of which only the last worked–basically, using the “ladders” or open strands as warp, and weaving another strand through them, back and forth, until I’d filled up the space when the sock was stretched as much as it would be on my foot, then weaving in the ends with a crochet hook.\u00a0 It doesn’t show well at all in a photo, but it’s wearable and the variation in yarn colors means it’s not obvious at all from the outside unless you notice that there’s a space between the lines of knit stitches.<\/p>\n
The yarn is a discontinued one,\u00a0 Cascade 220 Paints “Isle of Sky,” knit on US size 5 double-pointed needles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Because LiveJournal tells me I have plenty of space to upload pictures, but the upload function appears glitched this afternoon…I’m uploading pictures here.\u00a0 Apologies.\u00a0\u00a0 As you know, I’ve been making socks for myself.\u00a0\u00a0 The latest pair, of a lovely variegated blue with some purple, gave me a problem I’ve never had before, and have now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1791,"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786\/revisions\/1791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>At the beginning, I knew I’d like these socks–the yarn is a hefty worsted weight and I love the color variations.\u00a0\u00a0 Worsted weight is not considered “sock yarn” these days, but I like thick socks.\u00a0\u00a0 Sock yarn is now often sold with self-striping (makes even stripes) and self-patterning (makes faux Fair Isle and other patterns if you happen to make it the right size.)\u00a0\u00a0 Other variegated yarn, like this, may have random color variation, or a regular one that’s not intended to produce full circle, even stripes.<\/p>\n