I have been working like a fiend on these socks - my first toe up socks, and my first done two at a time, on circular needles. I am an old hand at top down socks on circular needles, but with these I am adding two complications, not to mention the fiddly cables. These are using WendyKnit's pattern for Asparagus Socks - exact same yarn from SockPixie. The yarn is really nice and the colors are so pretty - I notice she doesn't have that color for sale right now (I bought the yarn right after Wendy posted the socks on her blog).
Anyway, I love how the toes go, because my least favorite part of top down socks is figuring out what to do with the toes, since I haven't figured out to do a good Kitchener yet. The heel turn and gussets were really cool, although it was strange just following the pattern blindly without really understanding what I was doing. Hopefully the next ones I do I will be able to follow the pattern better. I did wind up with holes on each side after I finished the heel flap and started working in the round again - not sure exactly why.
Also I have made errors here and there in the cables but not enough to make me stop.
The two at a time business - took a while for me to make my piece with all the yarn ends going every which way but I like it and I'm glad I will finish them both at the same time, more or less equivalent.
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