'Red' 1 is Finished!

The first one of my Sockza socks is complete. It took me much longer then necessary to complete her, but she is finished and I am quite pleased with her as a whole. I have cast on for the second sock and am almost done with my first round of cabling. I anticipate this one going much faster now that I have all the measurements done and number of rounds to complete marked down.

As I stated before the turned heel of this sock was not my favorite, but the toe of this one is gorgeous - in my opinion of course. When I first cast on for this sock and had gone a ways in the pattern I thought I may have done something wrong, because I couldn't see the cable coming together like in the picture. So after ripping once I re-did and of course it was as it was before, but now looking in the picture you can really see the cable pop.

I do hope my pal likes these...

Sock Gauge Swatch: Way too Cute

Here is the swatch for Jason's second pair of socks. I am using Lorna's Lace this time (machine washable, yes!), in Gold Hill. This sock yarn is lovely. It is super soft and the color is beautiful.

The first time that I made socks I did my swatch and then decreased my needle size to obtain gage, but I think my husband's first pair of socks would have fit a wee bit better if I had stuck to the larger needles.

So that is what I am doing this time. I am sticking to the 3's for the foot, casting on with 5's and knitting the ankle in 4's. I am knitting a pattern out of Favorite Socks by, interweave knits. It is called 'Undulated Ribboning', by Ann Budd. I would like to ask for help with what k1, p1, k1 all in the same stitch means? I'm sure I should already know how to do this, but I thought I would ask before I screw it up.

Off to knit more Isabella and to cast on for Jason's Sox part deux!