Pheasant Feet and Patridge Eyes

Nifty Stripes

I was a little bit project promiscuous over the weekend. I flitted from the sweater, to a scarf, to these socks, thought about a headband for my husband, browsed some of my knitting books, and then came back to the sweater. When I needed some thinking time for the sweater, the sock popped back in my hand.

Normally I wouldn't bother putting up pictures of the front and back of a sock, but I thought the way these were striping was pretty neat. I was expecting some pooling from this yarn, but I didn't expect the lovely stripes that gently spiraled down the sock. Anyone else have this experience with the Mountain Colors Bearfoot? I'm knitting about 7.5 stitches/inch and have 64 sitches around.

Because I was doing the same 'ol same 'ol with the body of the sock, I wanted to try something new with the heel flap: the eye of partridge stitch. I found help with this online at Mare's site. I did the second variation exactly as Mare described with the two knit stitches at the end. The resulting fabric can be seen in the left-hand picture. Nifty, eh? I think it's a little more showy looking than the standard stitch.

The someday owner of these socks will be in Chicago this weekend, so now I have a little more motivation to get finished. I'd at least like to get one sock done so I can be sure my measurements are good.

I think I've decided to rip on the BullsEye. I like the suggestion of repeating it on smaller needles. I think that will probably do the trick. Not looking forward to ripping out that mohair. I wish now I'd put in a lifeline at the base, just in case. Ah well. I can still do it after the fact -- it'll just take me a little longer.