Comments on: Take a Dip http://www.violentlydomestic.com/2010/02/09/take-a-dip/ I love the smell of wool in the morning. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kat http://www.violentlydomestic.com/2010/02/09/take-a-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Kat Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:36:31 +0000 http://www.violentlydomestic.com/?p=1113#comment-489 Love, Love LOVE this sock! the pattern is FAB, the yarn and 'pooly' stripes are beautiful. Good one! Love, Love LOVE this sock! the pattern is FAB, the yarn and ‘pooly’ stripes are beautiful. Good one!

]]> By: Robyn http://www.violentlydomestic.com/2010/02/09/take-a-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Robyn Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:41:34 +0000 http://www.violentlydomestic.com/?p=1113#comment-482 How about trying a peasant/afterthought heel? No gusset to mess up your pretty pooling! How about trying a peasant/afterthought heel? No gusset to mess up your pretty pooling!

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.violentlydomestic.com/2010/02/09/take-a-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Elizabeth Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:01:17 +0000 http://www.violentlydomestic.com/?p=1113#comment-481 Hunter I love this pattern! I wonder if I'll get the chance to test knit it ;) (that means I really want to!!!) Hunter I love this pattern!

I wonder if I’ll get the chance to test knit it ;)

(that means I really want to!!!)

]]> By: Hunter Hammersen http://www.violentlydomestic.com/2010/02/09/take-a-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Hunter Hammersen Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:36:45 +0000 http://www.violentlydomestic.com/?p=1113#comment-480 This is entirely too funny! I had just determined that I was going to do 'something else' to make the heel/gusset. My plan was twofold, one to try and get a neat look, but also to give me a longer bit worked back and forth under the heel so I can reinforce the area I usually wear out. My plan as it stands now (and I'm only a dozen rows in) is to chuck extra purl stitches in on either side of the heel needles on every other row until it gets big/long enough to go down to the ground, then turn the heel, and knit along until I reach the end of the increased area. (This makes sense in my head, though I fear I've described it badly). We shall see if it works... This is entirely too funny! I had just determined that I was going to do ‘something else’ to make the heel/gusset.

My plan was twofold, one to try and get a neat look, but also to give me a longer bit worked back and forth under the heel so I can reinforce the area I usually wear out. My plan as it stands now (and I’m only a dozen rows in) is to chuck extra purl stitches in on either side of the heel needles on every other row until it gets big/long enough to go down to the ground, then turn the heel, and knit along until I reach the end of the increased area. (This makes sense in my head, though I fear I’ve described it badly).

We shall see if it works…

]]> By: Barb http://www.violentlydomestic.com/2010/02/09/take-a-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Barb Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:54:28 +0000 http://www.violentlydomestic.com/?p=1113#comment-479 With me, it depends on the yarn and pattern - sometimes pooling is neat, and sometimes it's hideous. I really like what you've got going here, and I have a suggestion about using a heel that might not change the pooling as much as a standard flap and gusset heel. I know that, as I've knit more socks, I've gotten comfortable with switching out the designer's heel or toe if I feel a different one would work better for me with a particular yarn. Have you ever done the "Simple Skyp" socks, or looked at the pattern on Rav? I love this heel, and often use it when I want to avoid that horrible jagged pooling that a lot of variegated sock yarns have across the instep. Because you knit the gusset as you continue to knit both the sole and instep stitches, and then do the heel turn on the bottom of the heel, you only increase the total number of stitches by 24, and the increase/decrease is less abrupt. It's also a pretty fun thing to knit! With me, it depends on the yarn and pattern – sometimes pooling is neat, and sometimes it’s hideous. I really like what you’ve got going here, and I have a suggestion about using a heel that might not change the pooling as much as a standard flap and gusset heel. I know that, as I’ve knit more socks, I’ve gotten comfortable with switching out the designer’s heel or toe if I feel a different one would work better for me with a particular yarn. Have you ever done the “Simple Skyp” socks, or looked at the pattern on Rav? I love this heel, and often use it when I want to avoid that horrible jagged pooling that a lot of variegated sock yarns have across the instep. Because you knit the gusset as you continue to knit both the sole and instep stitches, and then do the heel turn on the bottom of the heel, you only increase the total number of stitches by 24, and the increase/decrease is less abrupt. It’s also a pretty fun thing to knit!

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