This too, shall pass.......

Aww, I'm sorry hun. Dang, but those heels must be tricky buggers. I know that you've got your YarnPirate friend to help you in person when you get to see her, but have you asked around in Craftgrrl and the knitting communities, in the meantime..just in case? ::hug::

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Oh, I can ask for help all I want, it won't do me much good unless I see it done and have someone watch me do it afterwards. *hugs* I'll learn, eventually. I just don't want to do it again right now, I'd rather wait until I have someone around for a while. I knit quickly, but it still takes a while to get from the toe to the heel. And no, the heel shouldn't be a bigger deal then the toe, since you basically do the same thing. I've done it before and it worked, I don't know what I did wrong this time. Better to just give myself a break

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Since teaching you, i've found a pattern for a different toe-up sock - the toe is made exactly the same way, but the heel is turned differently. If you want me to give you the info, i can get you the link.

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Sure, can't hurt. Thanks

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http://www.needletrax.com/toeupon2circulars.htm

Just ignore the bit where it talks about two circular needles, and use 4 DPN's like usual. At the beginning it will look exactly like your other socks, until you get to the heel.

If you need translations, just let me know. Elfie has done this type of heel before, too, in a cuff-down pattern.

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ok, so there's local help to be had ^_~. Thanks hon

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At least you have plenty of other projects to "break" with. ;-)

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*chuckles* Oh yes, never a lack of those ^_~

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It would be quite shocking if there was.

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*laughs* Indeed! Heh, speaking of shocking, I gave Dustin a shock earlier today when I said we had to get a giftcard for his kid sister. He got all slackjawed and was all "You, give a giftcard??? I think I'm having a heartattack!". I usually never give them, I hate giving them. Too impersonal for my tastes. But then I explained that they wanted stuff for baby, and I don't know anything about what size diapers he uses and stuff. So...giftcard it'll be..I think

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Unfortuntely, there are times when they really are quite practical and helpful......providing the rigamarole for a new baby is one of them.

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*nods* Indeed. If I knew what size diapers Caidan uses and all that good stuff, I'd much rather give them that as apposed to a giftcard (that way I also know that it actually goes towards what is said to be wanted. Though with Beppy there's little to worry about in that case). I might try after all. I don't know. There's time yet. I do know one thing, baby stuff isn't all they're going to get. After all, they're people in their own rights, not just mommy and daddy, which people tend to forget when there's a newborn. And I don't want to see that happen

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If you know about what he weighs, you'll know what size diaper to get. Everything that is sized for babies goes by average ranges of height/weight.

I'll warn you, though, from my own semi-recent experience...new parents given "stuff" not specifically off of a list from them will inevitably have too many of some things and complete omissions of others. In our case, a good example was clothes.....everyone assumed that everyone else would buy us 0-3 stuff, so everyone got us 3-6 stuff. If it wasn't for donated clothes, Jamie would have had only about 5 things to wear until a month and a half ago! On the other hand, he has more clothes in this size than will fit in his dresser. I've got to keep Freecycling things to make room for warmer things that take up more space.

Mommy and Daddy often forget that they aren't just mommy and daddy, too.

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I don't know what he weighs, so that's not much help lol. I also don't know what brand they like to use. The only thing I know for sure about the little guy is that he's not being breastfed, as she's not producing enough milk, which is sad because she really wanted to do the whole breastfeeding thing.

Oh, they're all set for clothes, were even before he was born. Too many people in the family had boys in a short space of time lol, so they got all the hand-me-downs from them.

Yeah, I suppose they do, all the more reason to do something other. by the by, I'm on AIM if you're in want for conversation

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You are? Where?

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*frowns* Aim went poof?

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I am working on knitting a scarf with that free yarn (the Bernat is it? the sparkly green stuff) because well, it lets me practice the knit stitch but the furriness of the yarn hides the unattractive knit pattern. However, that yarn is much hard to work with that regular yarn, even on the big needles I got. Though it is easier on the big needles than the smaller ones. Somehow I manage to pick up stitches and I have no idea how I manage that. I have to count very carefully on almost every row to make sure I have the same amount of stitches because for some reason with this yarn I pick them up or drop them very easily and I have no clue how I am doing this because I am paying very close attention. Kind of frustrating because I don't really know how to fix that in knitting.

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You're picking up stitches because you're not slipping the entire stitch off the left needle when you've done a knit-stitch. So basically you're going through the same stitch twice. Does that make any sense??? I know it's very hard to see with that yarn, so I don't blame you for the frustration lol

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But I know that I am not doing that, as I said I am being very careful, that's why I am confused.

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with a yarn like that, it can happen even with being careful. Heck, I've done it, and I'm not one to usually pick up stitches no matter the yarn.

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The thing I am thinking might be happening is that the hairs of the yarn are getting wound around the needle and I am mistaking them for the main thread of the yarn but I don't know. I am 99% sure I am not drawing through the same stitch twice.

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could also be, yes

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I am looking forward to doing other things knitting-wise, I just wish I already knew how to do them. Haha.

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Patience, dear, patience ^_~

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Heh.

But I have finished another crocheted scarf. I think I am going to make a matching hat and topless mittens to go with it.

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*chuckles* I don't know, I don't have it ^_~

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