Well, that didn’t work.
At least this time rather than waiting until I cast off to try my Fright Night socks on, I tried them on as I went. And yup, they are too tight again. This attempt was on needles up 1 size from what I used for the rest of the sock, and just generally trying to keep the yarn looser. The problem this time is mostly how tight I kept the yarn between the front and back halves.
So. One last try. This time I am switching to double points and will do the colorwork part one at a time, still using the larger size needles. But not today. For today these adorable but frustrating socks are going in to time out. Maybe tomorrow.
Have you ever had a project that just kept going wrong, but you just kept trying to get it to go right?
Quite A Yarn 
I wonder if lots of people had this issue and that is why she withdrew it from sale/publication? 3rd time lucky 🍀🤞🏻
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Thanks for the luck wishes! She took all of her patterns down, so I think it was something else.
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Yes and it’s usually something you really want!
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Right?!?
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oh no! Good luck, that’s definitely really frustrating.
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Thank you! Yes, it definitely is!
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Oh ouch…….how frustrating. I wish you luck once you decide to pick them up again. They are so cute too. This has to be the lucky time to do them.
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Yes, definitely! This time it will work!
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Oh yes, I’ve had a project that I thought was just possessed or plain evil! I remember one quilt top in which I sewed the border on wrong THREE times and had to rip it out (and that is a very large area of rip out and you have to do it very carefully not to undo all the seams of the pieced blocks). I thought it was going to break me. I know you can get it figured out and much luck to you!
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OMG, that sounds terrible! That is a really large area to have to rip out carefully for sure! Thank you for the pep talk 🙂
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Oh no, that’s frustrating. I hope that doing them one at a time helps!
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OMG, I really hope so.
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Ahh… bummer! I was hoping that might help. That is truly frustrating.
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It did help some, I just need to add something else to my method to get it the rest of the way to fitting 🙂
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Turn the sock inside out while you knit the cuff, so the stranding is on the outside of your work. That makes the floats have to travel around a slightly bigger circumference.
I’m having the same kind of issue on the slip stitch sock I’m knitting. The foot is tighter than the cuff. I finally changed the stitch pattern; I couldn’t control the tension well.
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That is an idea – that may be part of the next try! Sorry that you are having a similar issue – it is so frustrating!
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Try turning your sock inside out while you knit the cuff. It puts the stranding on the outside, which is bigger, so the floats are looser. You’re still working the RS of the fabric, just across the far side of the circle.
I’m having the same problem with the slip stitch sock I’m knitting. The foot is much tighter than the cuff. I ripped it twice, and now I’ve changed the stitch pattern. Now that I’ve written this, I’ll try turning it inside out, too. Good luck!
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That’s a bummer. I bet you will sort it in the end.
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I sure hope so!
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Three will be the charm!
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Thank you! Hope so!
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I feel good about it.
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Fingers crossed that it will work this time!
My Christmas socks took about 15 false starts between the two of them. Safe to say I’m never making that pattern again.
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Thank you! Here’s hoping 🙂
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