My Happy Valley socks are halfway there! (Don’t mind the dog hair…no matter how I clean it sticks to everything, sigh)
I’m copying the stitch count and measure from my Cygnus Vanillas with the exception that I’m working a gusset heel instead of an afterthought heel.
The yarn is Knit Picks Hawthorne Sport in the Happy Valley color. It’s playing quite nicely with my stitch count. I didn’t encounter any pooling or flashing, just some mild striping!
It actually went up farther than I anticipated based on how fast my yarn ball was shrinking, but not as far as my typical socks. But these are so lovely I’m just rolling with it. I used all but three yards of half of the ball…if that makes sense. I knit until I was scared I didn’t have enough to bind off and then stopped!
Now I need to get cracking on sock #2!
Happy Knitting!!
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Lovely! I’ve never tried an Afterthought heel before, but I’m not particularly tempted. I like the geometry of the gusset. Good luck with sock #2!
Beautiful work
Fingers crossed for the 2nd sock to not pool! That pink stipe just screams bubble gum to me! Now I need bubble gum.
I am not big on pink but it works
How do you do your guesset? Looks nice!
I follow the toe up gusset pattern from Wendy D Johnson. She has a ton of free sock patterns on Ravelry
I love how your sock turned out. Beautiful color of yarn too
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