Where small is defined as “not as big as a gown”. Tonight was textile guild at my house, so I pulled out the brown hosen to work on.
But before I talk about that, here’s a picture of the pattern. Somewhere in my sewing room I have five yards of muslin that I bought for the express purpose of making patterns. But of course I couldn’t find it Sunday night, so I used some other random fabric I had running around When I made Matatias’ hosen pattern, I didn’t make an “on the fold” pattern, which makes symmetry hard. This time I did just half of the pattern and cut on the fold – which works much better.
So anyway, tonight I sewed the toe seam (it needed more fitting than usual because the foot is looser than I’ve made them in the past) and finished all the seams, so now I have one completed sock. Yay!
Pictures after the jump…
Sock standing on the table (held up – it doesn’t stand on its own) – with the toe shaping I did, it really will not lie flat.
Inside-out view. You can see how it won’t lie flat on the table because of the toe shaping.
Bottom of the foot, inside-out view. The place where the two seams come together sits in the arch of the foot… but even for a person with really flat feet (my husband), it lies flat enough that it’s not a problem.
Underside of the foot. I sewed the sock with my usual white linen thread, so you can see the stitching from the seam finishing. As usual.
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