Okay, I have a sock problem. There, I’ve admitted it in public! I’ve discovered that I like to knit socks. I like the feel of lovely, handknit, woolen socks. I love my little mini-wonderloom. Sock projects are wonderfully portable when I’m on the go with the kids. But…..I…..have……a…..problem.
My socks, with just a couple excemptions exceptions, don’t fit. It’s not that my feet are terribly fat. Certainly they are well within the range of any adult sock loom. I do however have a high instep, so socks with short row heels that are sized to fit the ball of the foot are a terribly tight squeeze over the ankle. In theory, I could just make wider socks. Unfortunately, I also am a very tight loom knitter. I’m already using most to all of the pegs on a mini-wonderloom. What’s a loomer to do?
Well if I were knitting with needles, I’d make socks with a heel flap and gusset, like this one, perhaps: http://www.crafty.greenkri.com/heel-flap
But, sez I, doing this on the loom would seem to require more pegs than I have available. I can’t find any loomies knitting anything like a heel flap with a gusset. What to do? Why obsess over it non-stop for a couple weeks, of course! What else could I do? I think I’ve found a way.
Stay tuned……
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