carolina socks - flat

Finished size: to fit my pal’s 9″ circ/10″ length feet
Yarn: Lion Brand Magic Stripes - Jelly Bean
Needles: KP circs: size 2
Pattern: Carolina from socktopia

Started: around 4 July 2007 …
Finished: 4 August 2007
made for: my sockapalooza pal

I was so excited as I knit the first sock - so many lovely coincidences happening: the pattern repeat recycled at the point where the heel turns, the white I ended with on top joined up nicely with a round of white as I made my way around the heel gusset, and it looked like I was going to end at the 50g mark/end of pattern repeat exactly.

I decided to go matchy-matchy and found the starting point for the 2nd sock (in a 2nd ball of yarn) surprisingly easy (I had to remove a large chunk, but that barfed out nicely - it’s still wound). and then the yarn decided not to play so nicely. yeah, the stripes matched up, but some repeats are a little shorter, so things aren’t identical. and then, nearing the end of the foot - a knot. they matched it up fairly well, but one whole color is missing. which is why the toes don’t match.

I had tried the first sock on and found it a hint tight (my pal’s measurements are nearly identical). so nearing the end of sock #2 I added a few pattern repeats and reworked the toe (initially I had alternated decreasing and plain rounds til the end. reworked I did the last few round without a plain round). went back and frogged the toe of sock #1 and reworked the toe.
(there was much frogging in these socks in general due to my inability to count on such a simple pattern.)

carolina socks - modeled
these socks fit me perfectly, so I’m taking notes!

My mods/notes:
* my gauge worked out to be 8 sts/inch.
* I ended up using 110 grams total (glad I had the 2nd ball! future socks from this yarn will be split ahead of time and the cuff shortened a bit)
* I cast on 69 sts total, decreasing the extra stitch at the end of the first pattern round
* I added a stitch to either side of the k3tog, so the line read k6 k3tog k6 around
* I picked up 18 sts from the heel flap.
* there are 13 purl ridges in the cuff, 31 total
* at the toe: I ended with a purl round, then worked round 1 without the YO’s at the outside edges instead of working the usual decreases.