When Jenifleur posted these socks the other day,  I just fell in love with the heel.  Turns out it is a technique I had yet to try…encroachment short rows aka the Sherman heel.  I looked at the tutorial and had no trouble understanding it but I am convinced that not one of the five heels I did with it turned out correctly (I get credit for perseverance, right?).  Despite my best efforts, the Sherman heel seemed to have holes no matter what I did.   The sock looked ok just sitting there, but stretched just a little…nasty gaps.  I finally gave up (only after getting out some worsted and playing with the whole encroachment thing some more) and moved on to my usual double wrap short row.  Boring, but something I can do reliability and mindlessly.

Remember how my Coachella was very low in the front?  Well, I soaked it again and stretched the crap out of it lengthwise.  I can’t explain why the short row chest is still in the right place after that, but it is!  Plus the neck now hangs properly…drapey but not in the bordering on obscene way it was before.  It did still stretch a little through the evening but not nearly to the extent it did with the first wear.  I was still decent by the time I got home.  I won’t bore you with more pics since it basically looks the same just not as low.