Falling Leaves No longer Failing Leaves!

I really don't mean to be one of those people who ask for advice and then don't take it. I really was going to frog these socks when I thought they were going to be too big again. Then I showed them to a couple people who thought they looked a lot better in person then the photos (I know I'm not one of those bloggers who take great pictures. I have a cheapy digital camera. So rallied by this positive feed back and the fact that I'm really loving the yarn (again, much better in person) I pressed on. Lo and behold as I knitted more of the sock things started tightening up which makes sense as your foot gets wider the further away from the toes you go up. Now I know making statements like that might get me a reputation as some sort of sock knitting guru but please, these revelations just sometimes happen. :)


So all is finally well in the land of the Falling Leaves? Not quite. I did my first short row heel. Not bad, minimal holes and those double purl wraps are a bitch to pick up! But I guess I must have done too many of my first short rows (leaving only six of them). So I have a bit of extra sock in a little fold off the heel. When I had first done the heal and tried it on it seemed like it would stretch around and the extra bit wouldn't be a bother but as I went further I see it is going to keep puckering out there at the heel and I think that might annoy me. My plan is to go ahead and start the second sock and then probably redo the heel on this one.