Jaywalking

I was hanging out at Jody's on Saturday when I realized that this was going to happen:

I ran out of yarn. That length of yarn at the bottom right is all that was left. I needed to do 6 more pattern rounds and the toe. The skein is 450 yards so I don't know how this happened.

Bummer.

This is my third pair of socks with Tess' yarn. This is the second time I ran out of yarn. To be fair, the first pair are knee socks.

I pulled out the Broadripples (also knit with Tess') and the leftover yarn to compare:

The Jaywalkers are knit at a much tighter gauge (about 8.5 spi) than the Broadripples. The fabric is much more firm. Also, the cuffs are longer.

I debated between using the leftover Tess' from the Broadripples or using some blue Lang Jawoll from the Cloverleaf socks. I settled on the Tess'.

I took the toe out of sock 1, at Kim's suggestion (she was also at Jody's when I realized the yarn issue). I knit until the socks were at the same point (about halfway through the toe decreases) and then finished each one with the other Tess' yarn.

Side view:

While the finished socks look great and I enjoyed most of the knitting time, these socks came with a bit of drama. The first attempt was too tight, the last four hours of knitting gave me fits. I'm wearing them today. So far, so good. Hopefully they won't do anything stupid to annoy me further.

Specs:

Pattern: Jaywalker Socks, 84 stitch version

Pattern Source: Magknits, September 05

Pattern Designer: Kathy/ Grumperina

Knitalong host: Cara

Yarn: Tess' Super Sock yarn

Needles: US 1 Clover bamboo dpn

Finish date: December 11, 2005

Comments

[Michelle]

You can hardly tell that the toes are a different yarn. The socks look fantastic!

[jody]

from here they really don't look any different. were they actually the same color and just different dye lots?

[margene]

Perfect save and they look great! Drama is good for blogging;-)

[Lolly]

I can't tell at all - but now I am worried about my Tess yarn socks... wonder if I should cut the cuff a little shorter...

The Jaywalkers are lovely!

[Kate]

I can't tell at all! Good knitting karma for you I guess.

[grumperina]

Too cute! Too cute! Would you like their picture and a link to your blog to appear in the gallery?