Vodka, cranberry & Sprite

The drink of a champion right? That's all I needed to finish up my first Jaywalker. Jeezum crowbait what a pain! (Those of you from New Enlgand know that one) It's done and it's far from perfect. I don't like things not being perfect. It's one of the things I like about knitting. I have control over fixing things. However, after restarting this three times I pretty much gave up and went with it knowing I'd just change the pattern for the second one. Yeah, you read that right. Got a problem with that? I'm going to use my 2.5mm Crystal Palace Birches with 76 stitches and I think that should be perfect. Instead of frogging I'm going to have 2 different size socks. I figure they are a good pair to learn on and I already have another skein of Socks That Rock waiting for me in my stash basket.

Here is my first one. I told you she wouldn't get any publicity until she behaved a bit more and was completed. Click to see just how ridiculously big beautiful they are.




I altered the pattern some to fit my foot better. Probably nothing anyone would really notice. First, I made them shorty socks. I don't like really tall socks. Next, I decreased some more around the gusset because I felt it was too big. Then I decreased the toe a bit differently. I did the every other row until it was up to my little toe and then every row until there were 12 stitches left. I haven't really liked the look of the toe on a lot of them I've seen because I think it's too squared off for me. I did the kitchener stitch on those 12 and really like the look on my toe.

Big sigh of relief. This sock should have been done about 4 days ago. I'm off to chef up another drink and cast on my second sock. Wish me luck.

**Edited to add - I already cast on and am almost done with the ribbing. I decided to go down to 1's for the ribbing then I'll go back up to the 1.5's for the rest. I think I'm going to like this better. The ribbing will stay nice and formed. Stay tuned!**