Clue 3

Did you hear?  Clue 3 of the Mystery Sock came out today!  I printed it, set it on the coffee table to work on, and promptly forgot about it.  This afternoon when I had some time to knit, I picked up my Rhombus socks to work on.  Duh.  I remembered the MOCKs while we were out at Qdoba at dinner, so I started working on them after the kids went to bed.

It's definitely a bit disconcerting working on a sock without knowing what it is supposed to look like.  I purposely didn't look at the Ravelry forum because I didn't want to see the finished clue.  Clue #3 is for the heel flap, which is worked back and forth rather than in the round.  However, the chart for the flap is written like the ones I've used for working in the round.  That means that even rows, or right side (RS) rows, are worked like a regular chart - right to left, boxes marked as knits are knit, those are marked as purls are purled.  However, on the wrong side (WS), the chart is worked left to right, where you purl the boxes marked knit and knit the boxes marked purl.  Actually, for this pattern, RS rows have ktbl and purls, and the WS then becomes ptbl and knits.  However, what was very nice about this pattern is that the chart only changed every two rows.  So you work the RS row, then the WS row is a carbon copy so you don't need the chart.  Instead you can just follow the stitches in the previous row - nothing changes.  Easy-peasy.

Clue #3 also includes the heel turn, setting up clue 4 to do gussets, decreases for the foot, the entire foot, and the toe.  That's a lot for the final clue and only a week in which to knit it.  I'd better clear my calendar starting next Sunday for some intensive MOCK knitting!

I'll post pics of the finished clue once I do the second sock.  Probably tomorrow, so stay tuned!