Once I got to the foot, things went quickly. I did not do the foot as it was designed in the pattern - there was some unusual shaping and I just didn’t want to deal with it. Plus, when I’m knitting cuff down I like to shape my toes so that they actually match the shape of my real toes, which for a left foot involves doing most of my decreases on the left side as you might be able to see in the picture below. When I get to the end of the foot I just keep trying on the sock as I go and making decreases as needed, recording what I’m doing (in this case on my Ravelry project page). When I get to the end of the toe I graft the stitches while the sock is on my foot, so I can pull the stitches snug without worrying about them being too tight. While it may be a tad awkward to do, when I do it this way my toe grafts always come out great.
I did discover that my gauge is not as tight as the gauge called for in the pattern. I had already discovered that my row gauge was different when I was working the heel flap, as I only worked 26 rows instead of 32 as called for in the pattern. I had my suspicions regarding the stitch gauge, but I needed a stretch of stockinette to get a decent stitch gauge measurement. Once my suspicion was confirmed, I put in one of my afterthought lifelines and ripped back to the last gusset decrease and did an extra set of decreases on the top and bottom of the foot to take the stitch count down to 64 from 68 (I was making the medium size).
I do love working the heel turn and gusset, they still seem like magic to me.
This was probably the try on that led me to rip back. I had only knit four or so rounds after the last gusset decrease.
Pattern: Taliesin Sock by Janel Laidman
Yarn: Madelinetosh Tosh Sock
This was probably the try on that led me to rip back. I had only knit four or so rounds after the last gusset decrease.
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