Owell. It’s just Yarn after all
September 24th, 2004 at 9:19 am (socks)
I was so excited yesterday to finish weaving in all the ends on Alex’s new socks. I felt like such a proud mommy that he was going to be so cute wearing cute little handknit socks. I imagined myself (in my fantasy world of look how great that mom is, with her perfectly behaving children) strolling down the street with my perfect baby wearing his perfect hand knit socks. I had planned a gorgeous photo for todays blog entry of my perfect baby wearing his perfect socks.
Reality Intrudes.
I washed them last night. They shrunk.
Duh - Cascade Fixation is COTTON.
When I tried them on pre-washing, they seemed huge and like they had more than enough room for shrinkage. I guess not. Pptthhhbbb.. They shrank in length more than width. And Alex’s chubby/chunky legs don’t like to keep them on. You can stretch them over the length of his feet, but 3 minutes later, without much work on the part of Alex, they are dangling off the tips of his toes.
Anyone know of a deserving baby out there whose feet & legs aren’t quite so huge that needs baby socks? They are still perfect socks, just not for my perfect baby :)
Plan B on Alex baby socks: Cast on either 28 stitches (k2p2 cuff) or 30 stitches (k1p1 cuff. not as cute) and make the foot looooooooooooooooooooonger. I think the 32 stitch cuff is a bit too big and isn’t tight enough to hold the sock on his foot. I have plenty of the same yarn leftover so he’ll never know the difference!
judy said,
September 24th, 2004 at 12:25 pm
How disappointing that the socks don’t fit. They are really cute. The next pair should do the trick and shouldn’t take too long to knit.