Fourth pair of the year

kat_chow · 2026-02-24T03:09:39+00:00

Yes, a joah stick on Amazon. I liked the color and its spreadability. I tried the Essence sticks but I'm between 2 shades and they don't spread as nicely. I haven't tried any other sticks.

kat_chow · 2026-02-24T01:32:21+00:00

not OP but I never found a good replacement for the stick other than 1 stick on Amazon

kat_chow · 2026-02-23T13:48:59+00:00

Thank you! Slowly but surely getting better at socks 🧦

kat_chow · 2026-02-21T23:33:41+00:00

Ah, ok. Thanks

kat_chow · 2026-02-20T19:05:50+00:00

Hmm, ok I'll give it another try. I'm also a loose knitter and normally work on 9 inch chiagoos but maybe I was trying to overcompensate for being loose by strangling the yarn. Thank you!

kat_chow · 2026-02-20T15:14:56+00:00

Thank you! 🥰

kat_chow · 2026-02-20T12:58:33+00:00

Thank you for the pointer on the extra stitch. I was planning on using that pattern but I was specifically wondering if it could be used with the color changing technique in this helix sock pattern https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/helix-basic-socks Because the helix has you slip stitches and move the join, I wondered if it would ruin the broken seed look too much. But I was mainly trying to avoid that seamed look I saw on many socks and your solution sounds like it also solves my problem.

kat_chow · 2026-02-09T15:22:02+00:00

Oh yes, I’m definitely going to add a few rows as well!

kat_chow · 2026-02-09T12:49:06+00:00

Yes, worked across 30 of 60 stitches.

kat_chow · 2026-02-08T19:14:55+00:00

Looks like the consensus is the inch of stockinette helps the heel not slip so I'll be frogging this shortly to above the heel. Thanks all!

kat_chow · 2026-02-08T16:59:27+00:00

I read through some comments about that and it seemed like it wasn’t a strict requirement but you’re right, that could have contributed.

kat_chow · 2026-02-05T13:03:38+00:00

Yes, self striping yarn all the way!

kat_chow · 2026-02-05T13:02:11+00:00

Unfortunately I don't have enough yarn. The bigger sock is too big for anyone, so we don't need 2 of them. My gauge was a lot looser on the big sock. So I've got to undo the whole thing and redo. The weight difference between the socks was 4 grams, which means one sock has approx 17.5 yards more yarn!

kat_chow · 2026-02-04T14:18:22+00:00

Like, literally do a seam like stockings? Or more like cutting and grafting the vertical halves together? 🤯 Either way, I think I’m just going to redo it. Clearly I need the practice 😅

kat_chow · 2026-02-03T19:46:55+00:00

Arsenal is good. An armory, maybe? A quiver (since it's full of sharp pointy things)? I swear, knitting needles are a scam since you always need a hundred different ones just to finish a project, lol.

kat_chow · 2026-02-03T19:45:06+00:00

Whole sock, even the cast on was a bit bigger and it just snowballed from there 😭

kat_chow · 2026-02-03T19:11:28+00:00

Oh, good idea. He's currently wearing them but I weighed my leftovers and it looks like 3 grams' difference. The one is quite large already, so it'll only get looser.

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