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hello, have been lurking for a bit now and have enjoyed the knitting, yarns, dye colors, and conversation. You've built a cozy place here.

A smidgeon about me- I live in the PNW in the US. I walk the edge in my health care career and use art as an outlet to unwind. I used to jokingly say it was cheaper than therapy, but ya know, with the price of "supplies" I am not so sure about that now. Like many of you I am sure, my artistic bent has evolved and reincarnated itself numerous times along the way. Let's see... I've done weaving, watercolors, sewing, crochet, ceramics, photography, quilting, and a small amount of knitting. For the last few years it's been metalworking (jewelry). In early December a friend happened by with her current scarf project, she had found the most amazing yarn. The colors were gorgeous and intertwined beautifully. I couldn't take my eyes off of it, my fingers kept stroking the soft controlled contortion of the yarn fibers.......

Off we go after being bitten....first stop: yarn shop....

So, am bit of a novice, am sure my question is rudimentary for most. Right now I have socks on DP needles. I used self patterning yarn for the sock body and a solid teal for the heel. Am ready to pick up for the gusset. Do I continue with the teal? Do I cut pattern yarn from needle 3, add it to needle 2 and use that (heel on needle 1)? If I do that what will happen to my working pattern (will it get screwed up by the cut and the move?).

Pleased to met cha,

Pepper can't wait to see these babies under scrubs!

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Pepper Stevens
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It's still cheaper than therapy and you get something at the end.

If you continue with the teal, you'll get a teal foot. If you cut the teal and start knitting with teh self-patterning yarn, you'll be back to the pattern, but it'll probably be a little different because usually the number of stitches will be different when you pick up.

Picking up for the gusset sounds like you made the usual heel-flap heel, and having turned the heel, you are now down to a row of stitches across the end and are ready to pick up along the first side to make the first gusset. (Then you'll knit across the instep and pick up stitches on the other side to make the other side gusset.)

The normal method is to measure out a good long tail to be worked in (about 3 inches, I'd say, just for security) and then cut the teal yarn. Then start picking up stitches with the patterned yarn, leaving enough of a tail to be worked in later after the knitting is stabilized by having a row or two done.

Of course, you could decide to keep on with the teal yarn and make a wide teal stripe all around the foot until you're done with all the decreases of the gusset, and then go back to the self-patterning yarn, but that would depend on your personal sense of style. :-) The advantage would be that you'd be back to the same number of stitches as was used in the ankle, so the yarn will make the identical pattern. Draw a colored picture of it to see what the effect will be.

=Tamar

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Richard Eney

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Brenda

I think it might be easier (not now of course, but for another sock) to make a contrasting heel using the short row heel. With this heel, you work it all on half the stitches, so you could work this bit using the contrasting color. Then when the heel is made, you start knitting around on all 4 needles again, at this point you could go back to the stripes (which didn't get cut, just sat there waiting.)

Alison

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Alison

If you use a SR heel with self patterning yarn there is no interruption to the pattern either. Very easy!

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CATS

So what's your favorite local yarn store? I am in the PNW as well.

JJMolvik

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JJMolvik

"JJMolvik" wrote

oh good, maybe you can broaden my horizon some. Here in Eugene, Orygun there's Soft Horizons and The Knit Shop. A bunch of years ago I bought some yarn at a cool shop in Ashland, but don't get down there very often at all. That could change in the fall though if youngest daughter commits to Southern Oregon Univ.

Care to fill me in on where to set my sights next?

Pepper

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Pepper Stevens

Nope. Go back to the self-patterning yarn. Your pattern will fix itself. Welcome to RCTY. Now that you have de-lurked, stick around. We are a friendly group.

Higs, Katherine

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Katherine

I'll have to check with my SIL (sister-in-law) as to what is down that direction. I am definitely further north, Seattle. But I'll check w/my SIL and get back to you.

You might want to fill ME in as EVENTUALLY, we have a vacation destination in Bend available to us.

JJMolvik

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JJMolvik

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