Socks... or not... or yes.

A while ago, I started knitting the Semki socks -  and recently, I gave up on this project, and frogged them.

I had gotten a good bit up the shaft already, and then tried to try them on, just to realise that my heel won't fit through the very narrow leg part, and that my instep is way too high for the sock. So I ripped back to where the decreases start and adjusted, doing some kind of make-it-up-as-you-go-along changes to the pattern.

That was fun, and it sort of worked, and I ended up with a sock that would fit... but unfortunately, the variegated yarn and the pattern didn't go back to playing well together. I did like the wide stripes in the foot part, and had it turned back to this look after a bit of shenanigans for the transition between foot and leg, I'd have been fine. But this? 

Nah. Not really.

So I frogged the sock, and have since started the next try of sock-knitting - this time the "Basketcase Sock".  The last time I've done entrelac knitting was ages ago (and a project that I also frogged), but I really like the idea, and it was time to work on my backwards knitting skills too...