Oh, what joy! Ok...so maybe a pair of hand-knit socks shouldn't inspire 'joy' in a person, exactly. (I mean...what does that say about me? We'll save that conversation for another day.) Last night I finished the second sock (forgot to mention the pattern is Yarn Harlot's Basic Sock Recipe found in her book Knitting Rules!). While the socks fit, they could stand to be a wee bit longer in the foot, and so while I'm at it, I would add a wee bit more to the leg as well, just for grins. I also would do more than two inches of ribbing at the top. The socks seem to slouch a little at the ankle, and I'm not sure what would help that, unless I was to decrease a little bit there. Honestly, a smarter person could probably do that. I'm not sure I could figure out where to decrease, and then how best to increase again before I got to the heel. I would have to play with it a little (or a lot) before I could get that right. I'm going to do another pair (just waiting on my Knit Picks order).
In the meantime, I have a scarf to finish (the Irish Hiking Scarf in Lion Brand Wool, color: Sage). This scarf was going gang-busters in the beginning, but then I stopped to work on the socks, and now I'm having trouble getting back into it. Originally, it was to be a going away gift, but since that person already 'went away', I'm now calling it a 'we miss you - Christmas gift'. Sounds like a plan, right?
