Turn, Turn, Turn

I did it!  I finished the heels of my Mona socks.  Last night I buckled down and knit the heel flaps, with their annoying ptbl stitches and all.  This morning I turned both heels, picked up the gusset stitches down each side of the flaps, and am now decreasing to get to the number of stitches I need for the foot.

Here is a photo of the socks so far (it's a little washed out from the flash).  The dpns across the front of each sock will become the instep, or top of the foot, with the pattern continuing down it.  The other two needles are holding the gusset and heel stitches.  Once these decrease down to 31 stitches per sock (they're over 40 now), I'll put both socks back on one circular needle to finish working them via magic loop.  

Mona socks with heels & gussets

The farther I get into these socks, the more I've realized that of all the socks I've knit so far (about 10 pairs), these are my least favorite.  The yarn isn't as soft and squishy as some - it's nice but not really nice, and I think a lot of it is also the color.  I wouldn't have knit purple socks if this month's Solid Socks KAL color wasn't purple.  And while the pattern isn't bad, I probably wouldn't have picked it as one of the first to knit out of the Knit Sock Love book.  So a bunch of different little factors are working together against my enjoyment of these socks.

But I will persevere!  These socks will be knit.  Oh yes, they will be knit.

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