Wow, this takes a while. I think I have 11" (of 16" before you cast-off for where the sleeves go) done. I'm swapping out balls every row to try to break down the differences between different balls.
I also finished the first Little Child's Sock. I know others have said it (and I've said it before) but Nancy Bush is a sock genius:
You can kind of see the 2 x 2 rib with the little knit-purl (really a broken-rib) detail in the tops on that photo.
And running down the front is more of the broken rib detail:
It's hard to see it on this photo, but when you do the toe? You continue the broken-rib detail but you change a couple stitches every two rows into plain knit so it comes to a point. Genius, as I said. (Or perhaps some credit has to go to the unknown, unnamed designer for the old Weldon's magazine, as these patterns are modifications of those). It's the little details like that that make the socks so fun to make, and so satisfying when you've completed a pair.
I did have to make these longer than directed - the pattern tells you to do 54 rounds before beginning the toe and I had to do 66 to make it long enough for my foot. (My feet aren't HUGE - depending on the shoe, I take anywhere from a 7 1/2 to an 8 1/2 - but some of Nancy Bush's patterns are on the small side). I wasn't sure the sock would fit well AROUND my foot because you decrease down to fewer stitches than I typically do in the gussets, but it fits pretty perfectly.
I'm working on the second one. These socks make me happy. The pattern, the yarn (from Dream in Color), all of it.
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