I thought I would be smart this time around and work 2 socks at the same time, as I bought an additional set of Harmony dp's. I'm not so sure now it was a smart thing to do.......can you see anything funky about these socks?
Yep, the one on the right is a bit smaller than the one on the left. How could that happen? I opened up the package of newer needles to do the first sock, which is the one on the left and it looks perfect. I used my old needles for the one on the right....and it is definitely smaller.
The strange thing is, a few months ago, I knit up a second pair of Tesserae's and they came out a bit smaller than the first pair that I knit too. I thought that perhaps I had knit the first pair with a larger sized needle than what I had recorded on Ravelry....but now that I have run into the same thing here, I am completely perplexed, as I know I did not mistake a 2.25 for a 2.0 and the new needles are definitely the 2.25mm ones.
I tried putting both sets of needles into my needle size gauge and sadly, I can not see a difference......acck! I SO wish that needle makers would put the sizes on the needles. I certainly wouldn't mind paying a bit extra...would you?
So much for speeding along, I will have to rip out the smaller sock and I think I will try again with an old pair of susan bates 2.25 and see what I get.
Anyhoo.......a little bit about the pattern. I first saw the sock pattern on Pat's blog. She used some of my Harmony sock yarn and I just loved how the yarn worked up with the pattern. The pattern is called Cable Twist socks and is designed by Adrian of Hello Yarn. Using a fingering weight yarn required a modification and you can read just how Pat did that on her blog.
It's an easy and fun pattern to knit!
It's pretty! Bummer that one is smaller than the other. :(
Posted by: tiennie | Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 08:42 PM
the color and pattern is so pretty - too bad about the size issues.
I've had this happen before as well...... which is pretty much why I knit one sock at a time, using same needles. go figure.
Posted by: Teyani | Thursday, January 08, 2009 at 01:20 PM
What the hull is right! But, they are pretty!!
Posted by: Kathy | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Same thing happened to me...though it was on my very first (and only) pair of socks. I thought it was part of second sock syndrome, or because the more I knit, the better knitter I become, and this in some crazy-knitterly-way effects my gauge.(?!?) Then that leaves us with doing a swatch per sock! UGH!! Doing one per project is difficult as it is, but two?? Say it isn't so! (Love the pattern!) :)
Posted by: Lisa McGuire | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 04:10 PM
Phew, I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem! *chuckle* I started doing two socks at once - trying to beat the second sock sydrome. Goodness knows I have multiple sets of DPN's. But none of my wood DPNS are the same size - well, they are marked the same size- they measure the same size - but they feel different. I always ended up with different sized socks! Does this mean I should just buck up and learn to do two socks at a time on one giant circular?
Knitting is zen right? Its yoga for the soul. :) Happy knitting!
Posted by: linken | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Make sure you are checking the size of your Harmony needles with a Knit Picks needle gauge. Their needles are a bit different in size from other brands, ask me how I know this?
Posted by: Nancy | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 10:10 AM
How aggrevating! The socks are beautiful, though. I love the yarn, too.
Posted by: Beth | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 09:43 AM
You just need to do 2 socks together on 1 circular - that way you are assured the socks will be the same size :-)
Your socks are beautiful in Chiquitita!
Posted by: Pat | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 08:57 AM
I had that happen also but it was due to tension...when I'm really stressed I knit tighter. Regardless...I hope you get it worked out because that is a lovely pattern and it really shows off the color changes in the your yarn. :)
Posted by: Ruinwen | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 08:43 AM
Kim- That makes no sense. And probably why I don't really knit socks.
Having said that, I am tempted by Anne's Woodsmoke socks.
Posted by: Lorraine | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 08:31 AM
I'm glad to know this can happen, but what can you do? This just shouldn't happen!! Needles are too expensive as it is. Love the sock and yarn!
Posted by: Debbie | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 08:26 AM
Since you say they are the same size, could it be a difference in the slickness of the needle or some such? That could change how you handle the yarn... Regardless, I'm sorry you have to pull it out - that's so frustrating!
Posted by: Elizabeth L in Apex, NC | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 08:21 AM
Crystal Palace has the size on the needles but it wears off quickly. Maybe you have a 2.5 and not a 2.25...both are considered 1s.
Posted by: margene | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 08:08 AM
How annoying! At least you noticed before you were much further along!!
(PS - I thought this post was going to be about the hockey player, Brett Hull. Oops. Not so much.)
Posted by: Anne | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 07:56 AM
I like the pattern. The solution! We need to get you doing two at a time via the magic loop...guarenteed same size!! If not that, two at a time with two circulars... ;-)
Posted by: Gina | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 06:40 AM
That's odd but the socks are beautiful.
Posted by: Carole | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 05:33 AM
Impressed here, even if they are different sizes; shame to have to re-work them. I have recently bought a book on doing socks on two circular needles, so am looking forward to having a go at that.
Love the blog, btw.
MrsL
xx
Posted by: MrsL | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 03:13 AM
Beautiful socks - that is so weird that one is smaller than the other...I hope you can get that straightened out.
Posted by: JessaLu | Monday, January 05, 2009 at 10:38 PM
And just when you thought you had it figured out. How frustrating!
Posted by: Wool Winder | Monday, January 05, 2009 at 10:30 PM
I think the Harmony DPNs have two sizes that are labeled US 1s. So it's possible you ordered the wrong millimeter size in the other set? I must say that the sock pattern looks fabulous, and the knitting as lovely as always.
Posted by: moiraeknittoo | Monday, January 05, 2009 at 09:15 PM
Wow ~ that's frustrating. The sock pattern looks lovely.
Posted by: Renee | Monday, January 05, 2009 at 09:04 PM