In which Angus meets a contractor
We had a guy over tonight to talk to us about the garage roof, which is in need of repair. So while he went on (and on) about cedar shakes and how they're cut from trees, and how they're installed properly, with what kind of nail, and what kind of underlay and, and, and ....
Angus, possibly fed up with this guy sitting at his dining table, talking to his people, grabbed his foot and started chewing on his ankle.
"Hey!" the roofing contractor said, "What are you doing there, little guy?"
Luckily, he has cats of his own, so he understood, as much as anyone understands Angus.
I turned a short row heel tonight, and, eeh. I may rip it out. The cuff of the sock is largely stockinette, and it seems baggy at the ankle, so I wonder if a heel flap would have been a better decision; if that would have pulled in the ankle a bit.
I'm going to sleep on that, unless anyone has a thought on the matter.
Angus, possibly fed up with this guy sitting at his dining table, talking to his people, grabbed his foot and started chewing on his ankle.
"Hey!" the roofing contractor said, "What are you doing there, little guy?"
Luckily, he has cats of his own, so he understood, as much as anyone understands Angus.
I turned a short row heel tonight, and, eeh. I may rip it out. The cuff of the sock is largely stockinette, and it seems baggy at the ankle, so I wonder if a heel flap would have been a better decision; if that would have pulled in the ankle a bit.
I'm going to sleep on that, unless anyone has a thought on the matter.
Comments
not sure how far back you were thinking of ripping your heel, but if you don't mind starting it over from a little farther up the cuff, you might find that the gusset heel from Katherine Misegades' Gansey-style sock fits smoothly - I haven't finished the first of the pair yet, but from trying the one on in progress (in knitu? it's still on the needles), it seems very comfortable and doesn't sag at the back. The underneath part of the heel is still worked in short rows (combined with decreases so the gusset stitches get used up steadily), and it runs evenly into the foot of the sock.
The PDF for the sock pattern is here:
http://daytonknittingguild.com/PDFs/Gansey_sock.pdf
and she also has an on-line workshop for it at her site:
http://katherinemisegades.wordpress.com/sock-workshop/
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-- JullesT