I almost had a nervous breakdown, but the heels are finally done on my I-now-hate-them-so-much-I'll-never-want-to-wear-them socks.
Have any of you tried the short row method from SKS/MSKS? I might be missing something here, but isn't it horrible trying to purl three stitches together through their back loops? I ended up not using her method and trying the short row heel technique I linked in the "technique" sidebar...but I don't think I even did that one correctly. They've beat me, though--they're good enough and I'm pressing on. :P I can't wait to get back to my regularly scheduled top-down socks!
As for our KAL button, it's coming soon. DH got distracted with other more pressing things...like killing all the monsters in World of Warcraft.
2 comments:
I'm so impressed by the two at a time thing. Especially as I just started the second sock of a pair I'm really tired of!
I had the same problem with the short-row toe from SKS. I wasn't sure what kind of toe to use for a toe-up sock, and I started with that one. I was left wondering what kind of a person purls three together through the back loop, and then goes on to suggest that others do the same.
I tried the easy toe, too, but I didn't think it was particularly easy. I ended up using the technique in a 2-socks-on-1-circular tutorial I came across (not the one linked on the sidebar), which was a figure-8 cast-on. That ended up being a whole lot easier than either the short-row toe or easy toe. I'll have to try the technique you linked to when I get to the heel, because I'm not going to be trying the SKS short-row method again.
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