"Embarrassingly laborious"

My sock schedule has gone to hell. I have been knitting my sister's Christmas socks using the Harlot's sock recipe from Knitting Rules! (She tells you how to knit a sock without using a pattern; I love it.)

If you've been following the sock saga, you'll know that, as of last Wednesday, I had turned the first heel and thus was on schedule to finish the pair by Christmas. However, things have taken a turn for the worse.

The sock recipe has failed me. The leg of the sock fits me perfectly, but the heel is WAY TOO BIG. I have followed the recipe closely, I don't know where I've gone wrong.. perhaps I can blame my really skinny feet (which are the same shape as my sister's really skinny feet) for throwing off the proportions.

I have come to terms with the only answer, which is to rip the sock back and reknit the heel. As C. S. Lewis once said, in a quite different context, Sometimes going back is the quickest way forward. Wish me luck.

PS the kitten got her stitches out today: she is officially finished with getting her parts taken out!

PPS shout out to LtK/SIUP for the title that perfectly sums up this sock experience.

PPPS I have heard that there is a new yarn store on St. Clair just west of Oakwood! Has anyone been yet?