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FAT SOCK
Well I had about 2 inches of ribbed cuff for a sock following the pattern that was in my book. It was then that I realized something horrifying.
I have fat ankles.
...AND calves.
I tested the cuff, and found that if I was intending anything more than an ankle sock I was doomed. Luckily for me one of my Christmas presents was 'Big Girl Knits' which I remembered had a section on adapting socks for people with thicker legs/ankles. Easy-Peasey-One-Two-Threezy right?
Uhh... So I may have spent most of last night building a spreadsheet to figure out my sock equations. The number of stitches I need to start is the circumference of my leg where the sock should end times my stitches per inch minus 15% for a snug fit, 10% for a looser fit and then rounded to the nearest multiple of 4. Then to figure out how to get to my decreases it's....well, that's not important.
What's important is that I think I'm back to washcloths for awhile. XD
(I need to make a knitting icon, I think)
I have fat ankles.
...AND calves.
I tested the cuff, and found that if I was intending anything more than an ankle sock I was doomed. Luckily for me one of my Christmas presents was 'Big Girl Knits' which I remembered had a section on adapting socks for people with thicker legs/ankles. Easy-Peasey-One-Two-Threezy right?
Uhh... So I may have spent most of last night building a spreadsheet to figure out my sock equations. The number of stitches I need to start is the circumference of my leg where the sock should end times my stitches per inch minus 15% for a snug fit, 10% for a looser fit and then rounded to the nearest multiple of 4. Then to figure out how to get to my decreases it's....well, that's not important.
What's important is that I think I'm back to washcloths for awhile. XD
(I need to make a knitting icon, I think)