Bandelier Sock Heartbreak

Many months ago, I started a Fair Isle sock out of the Fall issue of Interweave: The Bandelier Socks. I had never done Fair Isle before, and my progress was very slow.


For instance, this took me over two weeks. When it came down to it, I discovered I wasn't very happy with it - my tension was no good and the needle changes were very obvious. I joined the Bandelier Sock KAL (that's Knit-Along, for the uninitiated) on Ravelry and started over. I tore this whole thing out.

I started again, armed with some new tricks from the KAL, and was 100% happier with it. I sped through inches upon inches of the pattern (it's over an 8" leg), and yesterday I got to the heel. I decided to be responsible and weave in my ends before I went any further. Then I tried it on.

The damn thing won't fit. It slips snugly over my foot, reaches my ankle/heel, and says "um, no."

I was so brokenhearted. I called my knitting guru for advice, and she commisserated with my tale of woe, but had no magic fix for me. What to do with it then?


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