Last night I knit the second Flow Motion sock up to the end of the first pattern repeat of the leg. Then I transferred the needles back to the first one and knit to the same point. Then I tried them on.

I don’t like them.

Now, I have to say I do like the idea of this pattern. It’s so nifty to put the instep increases at the top of the foot to create a graceful ‘v’ effect. There’s a pattern in the new Knitty that does this, too.

The length of foot sizing problems would easily be solved by doing this top down. I’ve always been a toe-up sock knitter. It makes so much more sense doing it that way. But not with these socks.

And then there’s the lace. Oh, how I loathed the lace. I don’t like how it looks. I don’t like knitting it.

(And to be honest, they’re a smidge tight and hard to get on, but that’s entirely my fault.)

So last night I decided I would rather lie out on the road and wait to be run over than knit another pattern repeat, let lone another six. These would have to be anklets. I followed the instructions for the moss stitch cuff and picot edge top. I started sewing down the hem. But then the dvd we were watching ended, and I put it aside. A night’s sleep would help me decide what to do.

This morning I took these photos as proof that I did, indeed, knit me a pattern from Vogue, which had lace in it, satisfying my Sock Challenge requirements. (I never said I had to actually finish them, did I?)

Then I frogged them.