Saturday, November 29, 2008

So I lied a little

I ended up making the mate for the baby sock this evening. It had to be done. The original sock was just too lonely by itself, almost tragic somehow. Besides, I wanted to practice my technique.

And that worked out rather well for me. In both pictures, the original sock is on the left and the second is on the right. The second is smoother with fewer visible increases, and it took about 30 minutes less to knit, even though I did have to frog the cast on and the first couple of rounds a couple of times before I remembered what I did last night.

Here are my results.




I still doubt that these will ever be worn by a human baby, but if one comes around with feet that are 4 inches long from toe to heel, then these might work.

6 comments:

Lindsay Jean said...

I agree, the lonely sock was definitely tragic. The second one looks great!

Jean said...

These are great, you have way more patience than I do, that is for sure.
If no baby comes along to wear them, you could always get a cute bear to wear them. Then you never have to worry about them being washed...lol.

Maria Stahl said...

Or a large doll. Dolls get cold feet too, yaknow.

Sweet NJ Mom said...

I agree ... doll socks! I'm quite impressed with your knitting progress. One day I'll learn. :-)

Anonymous said...

SweetSweetConnie, the socks are so cute! I'm impressed that you have mastered socks! I can't knit!

Mary
(MT-Mary Tate)

Desiree said...

You did a great job! I always miscount, recount, and forget how many rows I do so most of my socks/slippers end up being one measly row longer or shorter. I'm getting better at it, LOL!

My kids both had long, long feet when they were born so you never know!