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Tonight I got shut down by an attack of the GERD, so this post is not full of photos as I had planned for it to be. On a positive note, the incomplete Cable Twist sock is now done, and I will wear it to class tomorrow on my right foot, while I wear my air cast on my left foot. Seems that the “you can stop wearing it in 3 weeks” statement from my doctor before wasn’t quite accurate, and I still have swelling around my ligaments in my left ankle, so I am supposed to wear it whenever I walk any distance for the next month. I have to wear a full sock under it, so I’ll wear an ugly white sock on my left foot, and my pretty red one on the right. That shouldn’t earn me too many crazy looks, right?

On to the Kid n Ewe Guest List! In addition to myself and Julia, we had:
– Katy Blogless
– Courtney
– Nan C.
– Chris
– Caro
– Janna
– Kristin
– Linda, Sister of Janna
– Jody, Friend of Janna (and new knitter!)
– Amy
– Amanda
– Susan (along with Ken)
– Enid
– Kim
– Abbe
– Amy
– David
– Kelly
– Jene No Blog
– Staci
– Anna
– Jane, whose blog URL I did not write down
– Jeannie

Did you see who was missing? Stalker Angie! Seriously, if any event needed a knit stalker, it was this one. I mean, there were throngs of knitters everywhere. But no Stalker Angie. I was bummed. Ok, really, I was bummed about everyone who was unable to make it, but we all noticed the missing stalker.

I also have to give HUGE PROPS to the gracious donors of door prizes:
– Caro of Splityarn – business card holders and a needle case
– Jeanette Selleck, Fancy Stitcher – embroidered sock bag (contact me if you want to purchase one – they are super handy!)
– Brooks Farm Yarn – two lovely skeins of their Riata yarn
– Discount Yarn Sales – eight (8!) skeins of Hill Country Sock Yarn
– Hockett Would Work – a beautiful wood carved drop spindle

Thank you again to everyone for coming out – it was a really great time! I only wish I would have had more time to sit & visit with everyone. We are just going to have to start having knitter retreats or something like that – giant slumber parties that last 2 or 3 days in order to get all of the socializing in! Who is up for that?

I would have posted this earlier, but I wanted to write to Adrian at Hello Yarn to make sure it was ok with her first. Always play nice with respect to copyright. So here it is!

To create the cables on the back of the heel of the Hello Yarn Cable Twist Socks, I did the following:

(Done with Magic Loop, but should be the same for DPNs or socks on two circs. Needle choice should not make a difference.)

– Knit the sock from top down according to the pattern. It is an 8 row repeat. When I reached the length that I wanted, I finished up to row 7 of the repeat, stopping the row at stitch #55 of the 56 stitches. I left the final purl stitch with the instep stitches. Then I started the heel.

Next row, Row 1 of heel – turn work (WS): knit the knits and purl the purls, working back across 28 stitches. It will be slip 1 as if to purl with yarn in front, P5, K2, P5, K2, P5, K2, P5, K1.
Row 2 – work row 1 of pattern stitch – slip 1 as if to purl with yarn in back, LT, K3, P2, LT, K3, P2, LT, K3, P2, LT, K3, P1.
Row 3 and all WS – Repeat Row 1.
Row 4 – slip 1 as if to purl with yarn in back, work row 3 of pattern stitch (K1, LT, K2)
Row 6 – slip 1 as if to purl with yarn in back, work row 5 of pattern stitch (K2, LT, K1)
Row 8 – slip 1 as if to purl with yarn in back, work row 7 of pattern stitch (K3, LT)

Repeat until heel flap is the length that you prefer. I did two repeats, and then added 4 rows of ribbing at the very end before turning the heel. (WS – K1, P5, K2, P5, K2, P5, K2, P5, K1. RS – P1, K5, P2, K5, P2, K5, P2, K5, P1) End with right side row.

Turn the heel:
Row 1: (WS) Slip 1 as if to purl, P15, P2 tog, P1, turn
Row 2: (RS) Slip 1 as if to purl, K5, SSK, K1, turn
Row 3: Slip 1 as if to purl, P6, P2 tog, P1, turn
Row 4: Slip 1 as if to purl, K7, SSK, K1, turn
Row 5: Slip 1 as if to purl, P8, P2 tog, P1, turn
Row 6: Slip 1 as if to purl, K9, SSK, K1, turn
Row 7: Slip 1 as if to purl, P10, P2 tog, P1, turn
Row 8: Slip 1 as if to purl, K11, SSK, K1, turn
Row 9: Slip 1 as if to purl, P12, P2 tog, P1, turn
Row 10: Slip 1 as if to purl, K13, SSK, K1, turn
Row 11: Slip 1 as if to purl, P14, K2 tog
Row 12: Slip 1 as if to purl, bring yarn to back between the needles, K14, SSK – 16 sts remain

Continue with pattern instructions as given.

Next time I make a pair, I will change the gusset decrease round to be K to 3 stitches from marker, K2tog, P1, slip marker, P1, knit pattern on instep, P1, slip marker, P1, SSK, K to end of row. The regular (non-decrease round) would then be K to 1 stitch rom marker, P1, slip marker, P1, continue in pattern, P1, slip marker, P1, K to end. That way the P2 column that starts at the top of the sock would go all the way down the side.

Please let me know if you have any questions or pattern modification suggestions!