Good Intentions and all that…
I should have known better than to hope to have a nearly completed instep on the Christmas stocking. I think I jinxed myself by putting that goal out into the world. I also should have known better than to try learn a new heel in the car in terrible traffic. I should have followed my natural instinct and waiting until Stitch ‘n Bitch tonight to get some guidance from Amanda who had turned me onto the no-wrap short row heel.
Instead, I have a big mess. A really pointy portion of heel - I obviously worked down to too few stitches and a holes at various points in the heel as well…
See it there? Kind of hard to miss, isn’t it?
I had no troubles with the first half of the heel - other than working it for far too long. However, when it came to closing the gaps I found the instructions a bit vague. “Pick up the yarn leading the next stitch and knit it, then pass slipped stitch over?” I understand the PSSO. What I’m a bit lost on is which bit of yarn do I pick up to knit? And, what I was picking up, it seemed like I should have knit through the back loop (I’m thinking if I had done that I wouldn’t have holes). But, I’m not sure. I was following the directions for the heel used in the Simple Sock Pattern from Oz Yarn (sometimes called an hourglass heel I understand). Can anyone shed any light on the directions for the second half of the heel? Also, I’m working the heel over 60% of my stitches, which happens to be 58 stitches - how many stitches would you leave in the center w/o gaps do you figure?
Here is view of the full stocking. Though I still haven’t removed the strings to help me in picking up stitches… LOL!
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