Is the ripping ever going to end?
Before I began making socks two at a time, one foot or one leg would always be a smidgen longer than the other and it didn’t bother me. I always have the option of counting rows, but that seems like too much trouble.
After finishing the heel and starting on the leg, I realized the foot on the second sock was about half an inch longer than the foot on the first sock. I decided it was not going to bother me so I continued knitting the leg. I was almost to the point of starting the ribbing on the leg and knew that it really was going to bother me. When I got up this morning, the first thing I did was rip back to the foot area on the second sock, remove a few rows, and now I’ve started the heel again.
Maybe, hopefully, I’ll get through the rest of the day with no more ripping.
Joyce in Washington says
Judy, you just described one of the benefits of knitting two socks at a time on one circular needle. I’ve started knitting each sock separately until it isn’t so fiddly… like all of the toe increases or all of the ribbing then moving to one circular. I also don’t get “second sock syndrome”… more like “neither finished syndrome.” A friend knits her socks on separate sets of circulars but knits one toe, then moves to the other set of needles to knit the other toe, etc. She keeps the pair moving forward using shifts in the pattern to direct her. You don’t get to see the progress as quickly as you do with one sock, though.
Judy Laquidara says
I almost always do knit mine two at a time on one long circular needle but these are a pair I started almost three years ago and for some reason, I didn’t them one at a time.
Joyce says
I count rows because different lengths bug me. My difference sometimes end up with me making the first sock on one size needles and deciding they’re a bit tight, so I do the second sock on a size larger needle. (This mostly happens on Sock Madness Socks where I have to follow the pattern exactly. I have super narrow feet, and 64 stitches can be floppy on my feet if I use too big of a needle. If it isn’t for a competition I can make adjustments.) I can always see it when I get the socks out to wear them. I have to decide which foot feels the “slimmest” that day! LOL
Susan Nixon says
I figure no one sees both socks at the same time. And if I see someone’s socks, I’m not counting rows or looking for mistakes. I’m blinded by the brilliance of the accomplishment. =)
patti says
is this “geaux tigers” socks? hahahaha