nerd knits

I seem to always run into this problem.

I’m a few rows from finishing the toe, here.  I’ve pulled the needles out, hoping that it will make a difference.

It doesn’t.

And so now I ponder.  I made up this pattern.  I had the idea, and it would be lying to say that the execution has gone exactly as I hoped.  I mean, I like it, I do, but it wasn’t everything I’d hoped it would be.  I think that, for what I really envisioned, this yarn didn’t end up striping and pooling the way I ‘d hoped.  Mind you, it’s no fault of the yarn – the yarn is gorgeous – but more that I failed to predict how the colors would behave.

And, really, it’s not even that there isn’t sufficient yarn.  The nearly-completed sock is a bit on the big side.  It’s a little loose, the instep is a little big, and the whole thing could be snugged up, which would result in plenty of yarn for a lovely pair of socks.  My poor planning as brought me here, nothing else.

And so now I face the choice: do I rip back the finished sock and redo the whole thing with a better fit, or do I rip it out and dedicate this lovely yarn to a worthy pattern and let my poorly-conceived pattern die a dignified death?  I have to say, the blush has faded a bit from the rose, as far as the pattern goes.  I’m not saying it’s a bad idea, it’s just…bleh.

I think I just answered my own question, didn’t I?