leafling - toe instruction i don’t quite get..

March '08 Kit Questions | April 25, 2008
By thorn

pardon my boneheadedness, all. i do seem to be the only one here with a toe issue.  duh.

i’m knitting both socks at once, in the ’small’ size, using two sets of 5 dpn’s. i had to bag stitch markers almost immediately, because they weren’t working with my mind, or the dpn’s. my stitch counts are correct, unless 60 st per sock is not correct.

the instruction for concluding ‘foot’ before beginning ‘toe’, reads: “End having worked round 7 of dotted leaves pattern. Next round: k30(33,36), removing markers indicating dotted leaves pattern. PM to indicate end of instep sts and beginning of sole sts. Knit to end of round.” then, for ’symmetrical toe’, “Work even in St st until foot is approximately 1-3/4″ less than desired length, then shape toe as follows:” <snip>

so. how do the stitches get divided for the decreases? does the dotted leaves pattern end up centered among the instep stitches? seems like a no-brainer that it ought to (because there’s no special instruction for making the other sock be a mirror-image); but i’m confused as to how this happens without my ending up with one odd stitch on the instep, since dotted leaves is a 21-stitch pattern. or do i just be off by one slightly to the left of the stitch pattern on one sock and to the right of it on the other? does that one stitch even matter at all before time to graft?

everything i think of to do seems to me impactful enough that it would have had an explicit instruction if it were right. since the instructions don’t tell me to do any of what i think might work, i don’t think any of my ideas can be right.

you’d think i’d have had trouble with the heel, but - noooooo … i’m the weirdo with the toe problem. i welcome suggestions and/or explanations.

thank you ~

Can’t figure out how to work the heel

March '08 Kit Questions | April 20, 2008
By Chaya Mushka Davey

I have knitted 8-10 pairs of socks without much trouble but this heel is throwing me for a loop.  With past sock patterns…. the heel stitches are on one needle and the instep stitches are on the other (i knit with 2 circs) and i have done a few different types of heels but this one has me stumped.  i have done the slip1 knit1 part and am trying to figure out the w & t part….  i finished last RSC heel and even made another pair but to w & t and still be doing the knit on the R side and P on the W side  and work the leafing pattern… how does that work???  working in the round and “R and W side P and K” together????  HELP… i really love this socks, and don’t want to quit and don’t have anyone at a LYS to ask for help.   Thank you to anyone that can help me and let me finish and wear this gorgeous socks proudly!!!

help

March '08 Kit Questions | April 12, 2008
By Donna Finneran

I’m just getting started on Leafling, and on round 1 of the leg I get more than 27 sts, in fact I get 29 sts! Round 2 looks like 27. What am I missing?

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By Suzanne

Leafling heel…..

Designer's Corner, General Knitting Questions, March '08 Kit Questions | April 03, 2008
By Ann Foultz

I have a question, but I guess it’s kinda sorta a general knitting question that happens to apply to this sock.  I have noticed that most socks that do the heel “flap” the way it is in this sock (slip 1, k 1), never tell you which way to slip.  Do I want the knit stitches to twist or not?  I always assume when told to slip, if not specified, that it is knitwise.  If they are supposed to be slipped purlwise, wouldn’t it make more sense to tell the knitter that?  I looked through the abbreviations just to make sure I wasn’t missing some important note on this, so if it is stated in the pattern somewhere, I’m sorry for asking a stupid question.  But, I seem to remember having this confusion before, so I think it’s standard isn’t it?  So….best to clear up the confusion once and for all, lol.  Thanks!!

Leafling Size

March '08 Kit Questions | April 03, 2008
By Marlene

Hi -

I haven’t cast on yet. The Serendipity socks were my first experience with STR and I like it very much. I made the Serendipity socks in Medium on US1 DPNs. I’m thinking that since the Leafling yarn is mediumweight and the pattern calls for US 2 needles, that I would make a Small. Does that sound right? (My feet are 6.5 - 7 and not particularly wide or narrow.)

Thanks,

Marlene (”she who doesn’t swatch socks”)

Rockin’ Socktogether - Portland, OR area

March '08 Kit Questions, Notorious Sock Knitters | April 02, 2008
By Michelle Rhodes-Gloor

Okay, so we now have a venue and a date.  Arrangements have been made with Twisted at 2310 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232 to have some space to knit the March pattern on Thursday, April 10, 2008 from 6-8pm.  They have chairs/couches/tables and a nice tea bar, in addition to much yarny goodness.  Please join me there to knit this together.  The gals at Twisted can be reaced at 503-922-1150.  Or you can email me at lacemkr at gmail dot com.  We can decide then if we want to get together every week or every other week or whatever.

See you there!!

Mikki

Leafling - ssk not coming out right

General Knitting Questions, March '08 Kit Questions | March 31, 2008
By Hallie

Help!  So far, I’ve done four repeats of the dotted leaves pattern, and for some reason, the ssk side isn’t coming out right.  The k2tog side has a nice ridge, defining the edge of the “leaves”, but the ssk side is only barely standing out, and the ssk stitches are clearly not doing what they should.

I had an experienced knitter look at what I’m doing, and she tells me I’m doing ssk right… did anyone else have this issue?  Is there something really painfully simple I’m not seeing?  It doesn’t look terrible, but it doesn’t look nearly as nice as the pictures on the pattern, either.  Makes me sad.