I'm so excited to participate in the Knitty! Sock Swap Part Deux hosted by Stariel and bryghtrose. This is my first Sock Swap. I was fortunate enough to get one of my favorite Knitties, Turtlegirl76 (Cristi) as my pal. I've already devised the most perfect lace pattern for her socks! It took some brainpower to make the pattern fit the gauge, but I did it.
Without divulging the super secret lace pattern.
Here was my dilemma. The lace pattern had a repeat of 10 sts, but the instep will be 36sts.
Problem: How to make sure the lace will match up properly when I get to the cuff?
Sure, I could have just shoved those extra sts. off to either side and just had 3 pattern repeats going up the instep, but what about when I got to the cuff? I'd have a total of 72 sts with the original 3 pattern repeats going up the instep. Then, I'd be faced with 3 centered pattern repeats up the back of the leg with plain stockinette on the sides!? NOT!
Simple solution! It came to me while I was half asleep on the sofa last night. Just move the extra stockinette stitches into the lace pattern! Fortunately, I was able to evenly distribute the 6 extra stitches into the lace pattern. PHEW! I turned the original 10 stitch pattern repeat into a 12 stitch pattern repeat. 12 x 3 = 36! YEAH! Don't forget to include the stitches at the beginning and ending of each row that are NOT part of the pattern repeat. I learned this the hard way. Things where lining up like the should and it wasn't until I realized you need to keep the beginning and end of row stitches that things straightened out.
I'm knitting up a swatch right now and hope to cast on for both socks by tomorrow.
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