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Bayerische sock insanity

About a week ago Kelly had an interest in knitting the Bayerische sock from Eunny Jang.  She thought it would be fun it other members of KTog would join her in a knitalong.  Since I was looking for a new sock project, and had some plain colored sock yarn, I decided to jump right in.  Michelle, Melissa, and Kim decided to come along on this adventure too.

As of Sunday evening, I’ve made some decent progress on the sock.  I’m beginning to worry about how much yarn I have.  I was concerned about this from the beginning, so I only knit half the number of rows of twisted rib.  Now, I may only knit three repeats of chart D on the leg and then begin the heel.  I’ll weight the yarn and the sock as I get to the end of the third repeat and make that decision.

The other concerning fact about my yarn usage is the width of my sock.  When we were at our knitting meetup the other night, my sock was significantly wider than the other socks.  While I didn’t do a gauge swatch, I’m knitting with my Addi Turbo size 0s.  I refuse to knit socks on a smaller needle.  A size US00?  I don’t even own needles that small.  Even if I did, I might refuse on principle.  No garment other than lace should be knit on sizes that small.

Overall, it is surprising to me.  I used to be a very tight knitter.  In most patterns I had to upsize the recommended needle by 2 sizes to get the correct gauge.  I made an effort once to loosen up my knitting, but now it seems I’ve gone overboard.  I’m now going down needle sizes to make gauge.  Am I the only one with this problem?