I knit the body till the two balls of the teal were used up. My first idea was to do a filet crochet edge to set up for what I plan to do next. That didn't work right. The edge was looking ruffled which means the gauge was not quite right. So I did it with a smaller hook. Still not right. I decided to cast off using the STR since I had already cut off the teal strands that remained. I started with a crochet bind off. That was not the answer. Too awkward.
I ripped back and did a normal bind off.
That gave me a nice start to the filet section.
I tried with my larger needle, a 3.5 mm hook. That looked wrong. Too large somehow. I went down to a 3 mm hook. That was better but I left only one stitch between filet sets. Too many stitches. I ripped again and redid it with 2 stitches between filet sets. It looks much better.
Round one was done and then I had to decide what was next. When I did the granny squares, I alternated the Socks That Rock with teal rounds. The question was, is a teal row of filet sets next? Since I had the STR attached, I decided to see what a second STR round would look like. My next chore is going to be taking some teal a bit away from the place I am working on now, to see how alternating rows would look here.
This is where I am now and I am pretty pleased.
I have two rows of filet across about half of the sweater and it looks great. I am still going to try it with the teal. That is this mornings job.
I am eager to keep going on this. There are no sleeves on the pattern, only generous ribbing and then the neck ribbing. It will be wearable in no time at all. Right??
Sure it will.
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