elephantJuice: purple ramen

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

purple ramen

Last night I frogged the mystery socks.

The gauge just wasn’t working for me. I was getting the pattern gauge, but to do so I had to go up to a 2.75mm needle and the fabric was far too loose. I like a firm tight gauge for socks, and I could see holes through these when I tried them on. That does not bode well for longevity…

I don’t have any 2.5mm needles, so I cast on again with my usual 2.25mm, knit along to The Hour (which was very good! And also… mmmm McNulty) ended up here:

Not a bad nights knitting really! Since my row gauge was hella off, I knitted 10 extra rows after the toe. I also discovered that I’d somehow managed to be 4 stitches short on each sock, but since I couldn’t be arsed to frog back again I just fudged it with some invisible increases. Much better than frogging!

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RugbyMad · 714 weeks ago

Love the colour. And agree if holey then rip and do over is needed. But being short of stitches, agree again, invisible increases are the way to go! Congratulations they are beautiful.
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elephantjuiced 73p · 714 weeks ago

Thank you! I'm definitely glad I frogged and started over, it was in the back of my mind that I should ever since I knit the first couple of rows!

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Sam · 714 weeks ago

Well drama aside I think they are looking lovely!
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elephantjuiced 73p · 714 weeks ago

Thanks! Hopefully I've got all the drama out the way and the rest is plain sailing!

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geeky Heather · 714 weeks ago

Ha! Ramen. Makes me think of college.

Those socks are going to be gorgeous!
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elephantjuiced 73p · 714 weeks ago

Haha, I still love ramen! So tasty!

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Affiknitty · 714 weeks ago

That is a lot of knitting for one night! sounds like you made the right decision to change needle sizes.
I loved The Wire, I will have to check out The Hour. Thanks for the links.

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elephantjuiced 73p · 714 weeks ago

The Wire is great, but I still haven't watched it all. Shameful! Will have to change that asap. I'm loving The Hour so far though, hope you enjoy it!

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MindingMyOwnStitches · 714 weeks ago

Great photos! Of course, you're working with beautiful yarn so that's a good starting point.
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elephantjuiced 73p · 714 weeks ago

Aw, thanks!

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Nat · 714 weeks ago

Fudging is always a good plan in my book ;) I like a tight gauge too, I don't see them lasting long if it's too loose. Love the colour still, it even looks cute as noodles!
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elephantjuiced 73p · 714 weeks ago

Fudging is definitely the way to go! I do it so often.

I totally agree about sock gauge. However I hate ripping so much that I tried to convince myself that they could be my indoor/bedsocks even though I don't wear bedsocks! Glad I started over in the end though :)

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Stacey · 714 weeks ago

It does look like ramen :)
Frogging is healthy, really! Looks like you're on the right track, now!

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elephantjuiced 73p · 714 weeks ago

I should use your perspective of frogging - I usually hate it and will do anything to avoid it! The next time I frog, I'll remember your words as my new mantra :P

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Leah · 714 weeks ago

Hehe, great photo of the ramen. I hope the socks turn out at this gauge :)

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elephantjuiced 73p · 714 weeks ago

Me too! Don't think I could stomach starting over again :)

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mimilikestomakeprettystuff 29p · 714 weeks ago

Oh, I hate ripping so badly that even seeing it makes me nervous. But those purple socks are worth the pain.

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elephantjuiced 73p · 714 weeks ago

I know what you mean, I absolutely hate ripping back too. I'll do absolutely anything to avoid it, hence fudging things a lot of the time!

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kiwiyarns 40p · 714 weeks ago

Good fix! I reckon gauge is one of those mysteries of knitting. Sometimes you have to knit to your own gauge to get the right effect.

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elephantjuiced 73p · 714 weeks ago

So true! I'm one of those naughty knitters who will avoid swatching whenever possible, so I probably hardly ever make gauge. The only reason I checked for these was because they are toe up socks, and I'm less familiar with that technique. I usually just throw caution to the wind and just wing it!

I should learn to trust my instinct more too, I kind of knew it wasn't right from the moment I started. Lessons learnt!

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