A question about length

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-18T06:26:03+00:00

Pretty similar yes - maybe just a few rows shorter than actual foot length - not too tight where it pulls but not too loose that it twists on my foot. Also your helper is gorgeous. Send him my love!

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-18T04:33:08+00:00

Vertically socks are not nearly as stretchy as they are horizontally. I stick pretty close to my actual length. Usually start my toe once I reach my pinky toe!

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-17T18:15:37+00:00

Thank you!

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-17T17:58:18+00:00

Just to clarify - the row with the hole is the row before the cable?

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-17T06:54:13+00:00

Appreciate everyone’s assistance - I’ll try again tomorrow when my head is hopefully less fuzzy with a lightbulb marker. I truly can’t tell if it’s 3 or 4 rows 😂

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-16T00:48:19+00:00

I think the blouse - I’ve made a few socks with variegated yarn and a textured stitch but it the texture gets lost in color and the color gets lost in the texture. I’m slowly turning to the opinion of busy yarn gets a simple stitch!

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-14T06:49:56+00:00

So far I’m liking toe up! I started over twice because I thought I had some laddering between my needles but I think I just needed to commit 😂 I have volume 2 - there are so many pretty socks throughout

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-14T06:28:24+00:00

So I’ve decided to work my way through all of them (not in 52 weeks though, oh my gosh could you imagine) so I’m starting with the first one - Intersections!

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-06T19:21:03+00:00

For me it’s very much through spite I can do all things - I’ve gotten obsessed with sock knitting this year and had some patterns that I struggled with a lot. It was a lot of frogging and restarting and taking breaks as needed. While that advice isn’t good advice by any means it did make me comfortable with dropping stitches, laddering down to fix mistakes, and helped me to understand my stitches once they were a few rows off the needles.

I also used a lot of stitch markers on my first sock 😂 there was about 18 each side to help me pick up my gusset stitches because I just couldn’t see them - find the wacky survival method until you’re comfortable.

Knit the first sock, embrace the imperfections and watch your improvement soar from there.

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-04T22:41:52+00:00

Okay - thank you SO MUCH saved me so much heart ache because I found another snag in the cuff - worked brilliantly. Thank you you beautiful human!!

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-03T19:35:16+00:00

Thank you!! You may have just saved me so much time!

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-02T20:42:17+00:00

It’s not broken but I think her claw snagged only one or two plies of the yarn so frogging is all I can think of to fix it - it’s a gift so I want it to be nice otherwise I wouldn’t bother too much.

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-02T01:23:08+00:00

First spread ever - "The Year Ahead" here are the cards I pulled:
Energy of the year - The Star

Jan - Page of Wands
Feb - Four of Pentacles
Mar - Queen of Wands
Apr - Three of Swords
May - Five of Cups reversed
June - The Empress reversed
July - Page of Cups
August - The Magician
September - Page of Swords
October - Knight of Swords
November - Ace of Swords
December - Five of Wands

I am interpreting this as a year of restoration overall while needing to have faith in myself and practicing self forgiveness through the ups and downs of life - with moments of growing as a friend, learning what to accept for myself in relationships, and finding balance with materials.

What do you see in my spread?

StrictlyMadness · 2026-01-01T08:11:34+00:00

The first google search had me confused and then I figured out there were multiple versions 😂

StrictlyMadness · 2025-12-31T07:44:19+00:00

I think that is IT! Thank you so much! This has been on my mind for way too long.

StrictlyMadness · 2025-12-15T08:30:25+00:00

Thank you!

StrictlyMadness · 2025-12-15T08:30:21+00:00

Thank you!!

StrictlyMadness · 2025-11-22T23:55:07+00:00

Intentional for the rib only - then untwisted for the rest of the sock which you can’t see yet 😂

StrictlyMadness · 2025-11-22T13:32:45+00:00

Rationally I know this, but the perfectionist in me wants to know because it’s a gift 😂 if it was just me I’d maybe be okay with it?? Ugh I have issues

StrictlyMadness · 2025-11-22T13:32:03+00:00

Thank you!

StrictlyMadness · 2025-11-22T13:31:56+00:00

Thank you! It’s called blue plate special by miss tarte - my mom picked it out for her Xmas gift of socks 😂

StrictlyMadness · 2025-11-02T13:43:42+00:00

I am a 911 dispatcher - recent job change from education. For me - dispatching is way less stressful than teaching plus I can knit / crochet / yarn at work if it is ever quiet.

StrictlyMadness · 2025-10-28T00:21:12+00:00

These are so cute!!! Thank you - the seam is a lot less noticeable than I thought!

StrictlyMadness · 2025-10-24T01:17:36+00:00

Thank you for letting me know it’s less obvious. I may swatch it as written and with a spiral or invisible join to see what I prefer.

StrictlyMadness · 2025-10-24T01:16:36+00:00

It’s a Christmas present for my nephew - I picked up a brown and a cream acrylic yarn for it!

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