SHOW N TELL : HSS5 Update

Okay some quick update photos:

this is the arch expansion on the foot ... all the inc are under the foot keeping the top smooth for a pattern.

This photo is after the heel turn -- it is a different type of turn let me tell you! you end up doing the heel gusset/grafting without even realizing it, but it is done in two seperate moves.

here is a quick look at the leg ... don't worry, it will be different afterwards ... it turned out too tight to slip over the heel so I will have to frog them and use the next sized needle..

The stretch problem seems to be happening where the colors switch every other stitch ... moving up a needle size will change the st/in ratio and should allow enough room to pull over the heel (it was still stretchy due to the properties of wool, but not enough)

Okay, I openly admit that while proud of how well this little bird shows up - it wasn't the 'scattered' look I was hoping for. I should have put more brown and less blue in the skein, and on a smaller-more frequent repeat- so that the colors would have 'flashed' more than pool ... but not so close that they would stripe every row the way that Shephard Socks seems to do.

Although, while I didn't like the way 'Bee Stripe' worked out ... the "Becca's Last Day" is working out great.