Sep 4, 20161 min read

When You Assume, You Make…

Pretty awesome socks, actually!

I’ve admired Cookie A’s sock designs for years but rarely knit them. Not because they look super complicated – which they do – but in my opinion, they’ve all got a big flaw: they’re done cuff down!

Earlier in the summer I was looking for a pattern for this awesome skein of sock yarn I’d dyed and, over and over again, kept coming back to Kai-Mei. I bit the bullet (and hated every moment of the cast on) but the cuff was just smooth sailing. All the interesting stuff happens after the heel turn: there’s a big firefly lace motif that starts at the side of the foot and then slowly curves over the instep.

Or it should. For some reason, I stopped reading the instructions after the gusset decreases and just assumed I knew how the pattern would continue. My fireflies don’t slowly curve over the instep – they fly straight down from heel to toe. For a second there I considered ripping back when I realized my mistake but, meh… they’re pretty awesome this way! :)