As soon as I finished the Celestial socks I caked up the yarn for the Void socks and cast on. I did find a knot in the skein, which is annoying, as the larger of the two cakes I ended up with is not enough to make two complete socks, and the smaller of the two cakes is not enough for one complete sock, so one sock will have a join in it.
I started out with 80 stitches, same as I did for the Celestial Socks, and just worked the extra stitches into the pattern.
I also decreased every 12 rows, during the pattern section, and ended up working 64 rows (16 repeats) of the pattern before I started the heel flap. I worked the decreases with the first and last two stitches on each needle as that seemed to be the least disruptive to the pattern. I also am doing a right twist instead of a left twist as the pattern calls for. The right twist is easier to work - no trying to work into the back of that second stitch - and somehow I don’t think the orientation really matters.
Pattern: The Void Socks by Melanie Gibbons
Yarn: Madelinetosh Tosh Socks in Logwood
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