W is for Wedge

Awhile back I posted about how I came across on a group on Ravelry that was dedicated to Cookie A.'s book Knit. Sock. Love. and that the current KAL (or about to start anyway) was for the Wedge sock pattern.    I cast-on for the sock June first and got knitting away.  I completed the first sock on June 13th and cast on for sock #2 on June 19th.  Now, this is the part in the blog post where I tell you I went on and finished the second sock in two weeks, just like the first.  Well, that didn't exactly happen.  Of course I got distracted by other projects and thinking that I had until the end of July to finish the second sock, I put it off.  


Then July rolled around and I worked on it some more, but still figured I had plenty of time.  Fast forward to this past Sunday (July 29th) and suddenly it hit me that I really need to put in more time on the second sock to get it done by the end of July.  By Tuesday I had the sock finished except for grafting the toe and weaving in ends.  Tuesday was a pretty busy day for me and I didn't end up finding the time to graft the toe and weave in the ends.  I was a little disappointed to not finish in official time for the KAL, but I did get up today and my first order of business was to graft the toe and weave in ends.  The result is that I finished the second sock and the overall I'm pretty happy with the result.

The details:
Pattern: Wedge by Cookie A. published in Knit. Sock. Love.
Ravelry project page: Wedge!
Yarn: Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock Multi; colorway Argyle (501) 
Needles: US 1 (2.25 mm) double pointed needles
Size: Medium (64 sts)
Actual yarn amount used: 85 g (370 yds); Sock #1 = 42 grams; Sock #2 = 43 grams

Modifications/Notes: I knit this pattern exactly as written.  I conquered a lot of firsts with this pattern: knitting short rows in the round, short row heel, & short row toe.  Basically all the firsts revolve around short rows.  I've knit projects using short rows, but just not like how they were used in this pattern.  The pattern is well written and offers a wide variety of sizes from XS all the way to XL, which is pretty unique for a sock pattern.  My version was knit using 3 repeats of the increase wedge, stockinette band, & decrease wedge sequence.  For the foot, I completed the full sequence a total of 2 times.  I'm pretty happy with the fit of the socks, though they seem a tad big (loose?) in the foot.  The heel and the leg fit seems just about perfect, so perhaps if I knit these again I'll do everything the same for the leg/heel but then decrease to the next size down for the foot.  I'll know for sure if it's too big/loose in the foot when I wear them for the first time.