My current pair of socks is unfinished but done. The knitting part is unfinished. The pattern part is done!

Unfinished But Done – The Story of My Life

Second sock syndrome, weaving in ends, sewing up…all items I normally don’t mind at all. But as I note in the Introduction to my book, “Joe gravitates toward the more enjoyable aspects of his job.”

I really wanted to be completely finished with all things socks by the time I blogged today. But I couldn’t quite make it to the top of the second sock. You’ll note in “Current Knitting” below that I’m almost finished.

But I did finish the pattern for the socks and the companion video! So it is available to anyone interested. The video has a bunch of techniques that you can link to directly:

• 02:15 – Judy’s Magic Cast-On (with a small modification)
• 05:20 – Toe Increases (KFB/Knit into the front and back of st, Left and Right-leaning Invisible increases
• 07:27 – KFB / Knit into the front and back of stitch (and where to place the increase) – only done on the first increase round of the toe
• 12:31 – Right-leaning Invisible Increase (InvIncrRight)
• 14:07 – Left-leaning Invisible Increase (InvIncrLeft)
• 21:49 – Helical striped knitting
• 34:40 – German Short-Rows and rounded-heel short-rows
• 01:01:57 – Fold-over hem

Since I use a mini version of the toe-up sock, you will need the pattern if you want the total number of stitches and gauge, etc. I am so grateful for the four guys who test-knit the pattern. It is a much better pattern as a result of their efforts.

Current Knitting

I got pretty close over this past weekend to finishing the second sock.

I sewed up the folded hem on the first sock and got pretty close to the top of the second sock. It’s a good thing that I like these socks so much. It will make me want to finish the last sock even more than I normally would be.