[Knitting] Ha-Rika heel turned; rare evidence that Harper owns double pointed needles! ;)

[kniteracy]

Ha-Rika, Heel flap and turn detail This heel flap ends up being striped Irish moss stitch, or at least I think that's what you'd call it. It's striking, but this heel flap was a complete pain in the ass to knit. I'm so glad nobody ever tried to make me try stranded knitting on the flat: it's so much easier in the round!

Ha-Rika, the classic post heel turn shot.... This is a rare occasion when you'll actually see a sock on normal dpns from me. I hate knitting on dpns; I magic loop everything; but because I had to begin a new round in an odd place and had a set of dpns lying around that were the right size, I figured I'd put the sock onto dpns for the transition. While I had it there, I might as well take this photo; it shows the structure of the growing sock in a way that you can't capture the same way on a single circular needle.

Ravelry project page for these socks"

Comments

[aunty_marion]

I'll be interested to see them on Sunday, if it's OK to come round after rehearsal; I'd like to see the construction better (and admire the colours!).

I've just turned the heel on the second purple Mermaid sock using one shorter circular to hold the instep stitches, one long one to actually knit the short-row wrapped garter stitch heel, and two stitch holders to hold the wrapped stitches! Slightly awkward, but the corner stitches didn't stretch noticeably, which is a Good Thing™!

[telynor.livejournal.com]

Sure, we'd love to see you on Sunday. :)

[bardling.livejournal.com]

Wow, that looks great! :)