Qualifying Round: finished!
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janestarzWith all the shenaningans around this sock, I forgot to post here. Over a week ago, I decided to send in my reasonable effort to the mods. Like Anemoona said: "Maybe the universe is telling you this is not your sock".
I sent in the e-mail applying for cheerleader status, stating all the proper parts of one sock were knitted, just not in the same sock.
During last weekend I finished the socks, tucked in the ends, and gave them to Eisirt. They will be a sturdy pair, with a gauge of 9 sts/inch.
During sock 2 I found out I only did 10 rounds of cuff on the first sock, after casting on anew. The mods told me to knit a separate cuff from a new long-tail cast-on, and graft it to the first sock to make up for the missing rounds. Of course I never did graft that extra bit of cuff to the first sock.
Just as well, as the second sock has a mistake somewhere in the leg, missing one big smock and the two socks ended up nearly equal height. Not quite, but close enough. Nothing I'd frog back for, during this stage! The rules for cheerleaders are far more relaxed; there was no doubt I had knitted enough. And I was glad to be done with it.
Also: I won at yarn chicken, with 3 grams of wool left of this skein.
A happy bonus is that they are almost identically striped, despite leg being different lengths.
The next round has started, which looks remarkably similar to the warm-up sock pattern. I promised myself to cast them on at least, see how far I'd get with each sock. The part of the Madness I enjoy most is the lack of options. You knit this pattern with this gauge, period. All you have to do is decide on the yarn. I can get bogged down sometimes if I get to choose yarn, needles, gauge, pattern... there's too many variables.
The Sock Madness team names are Dog-themed this year, and all Cheerleaders are Cheshire cats. I couldn't be happier with my new Ravatar!
I sent in the e-mail applying for cheerleader status, stating all the proper parts of one sock were knitted, just not in the same sock.
During last weekend I finished the socks, tucked in the ends, and gave them to Eisirt. They will be a sturdy pair, with a gauge of 9 sts/inch.
During sock 2 I found out I only did 10 rounds of cuff on the first sock, after casting on anew. The mods told me to knit a separate cuff from a new long-tail cast-on, and graft it to the first sock to make up for the missing rounds. Of course I never did graft that extra bit of cuff to the first sock.
Just as well, as the second sock has a mistake somewhere in the leg, missing one big smock and the two socks ended up nearly equal height. Not quite, but close enough. Nothing I'd frog back for, during this stage! The rules for cheerleaders are far more relaxed; there was no doubt I had knitted enough. And I was glad to be done with it.
Also: I won at yarn chicken, with 3 grams of wool left of this skein.
A happy bonus is that they are almost identically striped, despite leg being different lengths.
The next round has started, which looks remarkably similar to the warm-up sock pattern. I promised myself to cast them on at least, see how far I'd get with each sock. The part of the Madness I enjoy most is the lack of options. You knit this pattern with this gauge, period. All you have to do is decide on the yarn. I can get bogged down sometimes if I get to choose yarn, needles, gauge, pattern... there's too many variables.
The Sock Madness team names are Dog-themed this year, and all Cheerleaders are Cheshire cats. I couldn't be happier with my new Ravatar!
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Date: 2019-03-24 07:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-24 10:24 am (UTC)Maar in principe is het minimum maat Small op 64 steken, een minimum aantal herhalingen of een voetlengte van 9 inch, dus met een andere gauge haal je dat minumum ook wel.
Maar mijn hoofd is een zeef, dus daar denk ik dan veel te laat aan.