Why 1.7? Why not? The socks have been frogged1 a few times, I’ve dropped stitches, had to fix glaring mistakes, ignored a few minor ones and rewritten the pattern to accommodate some.
I have finished the second sock and have another inch and a half to finish the first sock. I know, how does one finish the second one before the first, that seems contrary to the definition of each word. You may remember that I knit up the first sock until I realized that I was going to need a few more yards of yarn. I had purchased two balls intending to make a hat, not socks. Even if I had known I was making socks, I wouldn’t have known that I need about 400yds to make a descent pair of socks. I didn’t want the socks not to match and had read about how to hide a dye lot2 change. I decided I’d give it a try, but was not going to make a special trip to GR to purchase more yarn. I didn’t want to lose momentum, so I stopped sock the first with 4 yards left and cast on sock the second with the second ball, figuring the color stripe, if it appeared, would be in the foot and match on both feet. The color looks just fine on the second sock, I can’t think it will go wrong in the first, but the yarn is closer in color to the second, not the first. I could swear I purchased the same dye lot for the first two, but one wouldn’t know it. On my way out the door last week, I couldn’t find the ball band, so I just decided to match it to the socks. Upon returning home, I quickly spotted the old ball band and I think the other lot was the same, whereas I purchased what appeared to be the last of a different dye lot. I rationalized no one would need just one ball, so I might as well give it a go.
1 Say “rip it” several times quickly.
2 Yarn comes in many, many colors and each color has different dye lots. Even though manufacturers try to be consistent from one batch to the next, it’s not always possible. A knitter should always purchase enough of the same dye lot to finish the project.
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