I spent the weekend trying to make up the DSS pattern on 2 circulars, and this is what I ended up with...
OOPS! Not really the shape of a sock, huh? I won't report here my Husband's "funny" comments, but I bet you can easily imagine...
What went wrong? Well, I am not completely sure... I was trying to figure out by myself how to make a Toe-Up Flap Heel Sock; I had never done before or even seen a pattern for it, as most of Toe-Up socks have short row heel. To make it short, I tried to reverse the instructions for a cuff down sock and obviously I got a little confused... I have to admit that if I am pretty comfortable with making up socks the Cuff Down way, I still have lots to learn about Toe-Up sock making!
They say practice makes perfect, right? Well, I experimented, had a good laugh, took a photo and ripped off to the point where I wanted the heel to be shaped, and I finally came up with something more conventionally shaped and that fits my son's foot perfectly...
Here is sock #1 in progress, the high and ribbed cuff is almost finished and my son is really impatient to get his socks "just like Daddy"!
I am taking notes of what I am doing so I can make sock #2 identical and publish the pattern here when the pair is completed. Stay tuned!