All week I've been working away at the colorwork or stranded knitting for the ankle of these Nancy Bush Eesti Hiking Trail Socks. A row here, a couple rows there. It's really slow progress for me as the only way I seem to be able to get a decent tension with both strands is to knit with only one strand held in my right hand and pick up and drop the strands as needed for the pattern. Slow going to be sure. I'm almost done with the snowflake motif and decided to try it on. Here's where I am reminded that my normal tight knitting tension is not a good thing for colorwork, which needs lots of slack in the back strands to prevent unsightly puckering.
Its a little snug at the solid green band above the snowflakes. I'm thinking of frogging back to before the green band and starting the colorwork over. Reason has talked me into completing the heel and trying it on at that point before making any drastic decisions.
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