kitchener fail, part two: now with pictures!

[geeksdoitbetter]

here's the promised pic of my kitchener fail

this is actually a pic of the *second* fail that happened over the weekend!

argh!

i totally paid attention this time: knit my knits and purled my purls

still, fail

after poking around the 'net this morning, i realize that many folks work their kitchener steps differently than i do*

i can't account for the half dozen properly seamed toes i've managed in the past using my method, but since it's failed me twice in a row, i'll certainly be trying someone else's next time


*since my method's proven unreliable, i'm choosing not to post it here lest some unwary knitter breeze this post and be lead astray

Comments

[geeksdoitbetter]

~grin~

as mentioned, i've made nearly a dozen socks cuff down successfully

two instances of (fixable) trouble aren't enough to get me to wrangle with toe up

[hugh_mannity]

There's not a lot of wrangling with toe-up socks. I've made at least 20 pairs using a variant of Wendy's generic toe-up socks (basically I've adapted her pattern to give me a slightly better fit.

I even adapted the Paraphernalia pattern (Ravelry link) to be toe-up.

Still, the nice thing about knitting is that there's not really any right or wrong way to do things. If you end up with something that fits and you like the way it looks, then it's all good.

[geeksdoitbetter]

ok, i was trying to be subtle before

let me be more clear:

i will not be knitting toe up socks

suggesting i do so is not a solution to the problem i'm having