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Posted by Georgia on December 3, 2007, 12:19 am
You could be right. I probably won't try it again. The socks won't have much
horizontal stretch--which socks need, and I didn't like the seam up the back
(I hate seams!). I wouldn't like it even if I didn't miss a couple of
stitches. Phooey!
Georgia (now wondering if you can make knee socks just by making crew socks
7 inches longer...)
> >You know those self-striping socks I was knitting side-to-side, so they'd
> >have vertical stripes? I mismeasured my gauge or something and didn't
check
> >it again once the piece got underway, and I finished sock #1, and there
is
> >no human on earth who could get it on. I've ripped it out, and will knit
> >knee socks the normal way (for me, top down).
>
> It sounds like a neat idea, anyway.
> If you ever decide to try it again, I bet the problem was that
> you measured stitch gauge and what you needed to measure was
> row gauge - # rows around the ankle instead of # stitches.
>
> =Tamar
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