Ptbl

Last night I got to the heel flap for my Mona socks.  I have to say that while the Mona pattern hasn't been difficult so far, it's not my favorite to knit.  There are a lot of ktbl stitches (knit through the back loop).  Not difficult to do, but for some reason they really annoy me.  Maybe because they slow me down, and I have to think about whether I'm doing a regular knit or the back loop knit.

Imagine my dismay when I discovered that the heel flaps are a plethora of ptbls!  Purl through the freaking back loop.  Grrr....



Sure, it doesn't look like a big deal.  Not too hard, you say.  Nope, not hard, but a royal pain in my butt.  Grabbing those back loops from stitches that were twisted from ktbl on the previous row makes makes my jaw all tight.

I'm attempting to resign myself to the fact that the heel flaps may take me longer than the whole ankle of the socks did.  But I shall grit my teeth, attempt to grin, and bear the ptbl pain in order to complete my April sock mission.  My socks have been knit from my circular needle onto separate dpns so that the challenge may begin.  Wish me luck.  And patience.  And minimal jaw clenching.