A little while ago I posted on Instagram and Bluesky a photo of a pair of socks, asking people if, when working a directional stitch pattern, it was important to them that the pattern is mirrored in each sock.
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| A pair of striped socks, on sock blockers |
The difference, in this particular stitch pattern is very subtle, maybe a closer look?
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| Detail of the stitch pattern |
Overwhelmingly, people commenting on the Bluesky post felt that a non-knitter wouldn't notice and that it probably didn't matter. But, people on Instagram said things like "If the pattern doesn't mirror the stitch pattern I would do it for myself."
I believe that, while the knitter is definitely the person in control of their own knitting, that including the instructions for mirroring, even when as subtle as this, is the right thing for me to do. It would bother me if the socks weren't mirror images of each other. (I am also a stickler for the stripes matching, as you can see!)
I will be putting these socks up for test knitting soon in my group on Ravelry, but first, the reason those finished socks count as a WiP post, I want to write up a tutorial for a "new to me" way of picking up stitches for the heel gusset.
Which brings me to a question for you. If you are a sock knitter, how do you do your pick ups along a heel flap?
Do you :
Slip the working needle under both legs of a slipped stitch edge?
Slip the working needle under one of the legs of a slipped stitch edge?
Work it some other way?
Leave me a comment with your answer, all comments are moderated, so if you don't want to make your answer public just say so!
Until Next Time...hopefully soon...Knit Happy!
~Mary
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