I didn't see it before, but the two sides are basically negatives of the other. I suppose that makes sense. I'm not sure if the pooling is OK with the recipient. I can try casting on fewer stitches--the socks could stand to be a little tighter still. I could do that with the other ball of yarn and see how it looks without sacrificing this sock, but all my size 1s are in use. I am lazy and haven't finished the Harry Potter socks because I don't know how I want to bind them off.I knit with someone who was knitting socks on size 0 needles, which I've never used. I asked her how many stitches around her sock was and was stunned to hear 56--or was it 52? Anyway, something in the 50s. She admits to knitting very loosely. I'll say! I've never used the yarn she was knitting with, but I would start with 68 stitches on a size 1.
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The recipient thinks the pooling is fine and having the socks be negatives of each other is kind of cool (although not being a knitter, she doesn't understand why that makes sense). She doesn't like her socks to be too loose, though. And all of her old (store-bought) socks seem to be losing their elasticity lately, so she's been throwing some away. It's very annoying to be walking around in the cold with your socks slipping down inside your boots. Hmm, now she's thinking about digging her Genola Sunset socks out of the laundry basket and putting them on because her feet are cold . . .
Oh, it's the same sock. Well, still cool. Feel free to expunge the previous comment if you don't want people to know that your mother--the editor--can't read!
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