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Socky Mc Socks update: Heel flap done. Heel turned. Next up: picking up stitches for gussets, a tedious and annoying part of the process that is going to wait until I'm less bleary.

The corrugate ribbing worked really well on the heel flaps. To make it flat and not-yucky on the turning part of the heel (which goes right under the wearer's heel), I did the last two rows before turning in regular stockinette, not in ribbing. Turning was via the metric of "leave three stitches in the middle and turn as per the HJS Studio Instructions". Interestingly, the pattern decreased from 2x2 to 1x1 in the turning of the heel. It looks kind of neat, really.

I'll be picking up the gusset stitches, later, in a 2x2 stripey pattern. I'm not sure that this will guarantee a neat flow of pattern down to the sole of the sock, but I think I can live with stripes. I like stripes. Stripes are good.

I also got two Walker stitch dictionaries in the mail today and now have sort of grandiose plans for sort of an aran-cabled sock thing. Not that I need another project just yet, but having over-a-year knitting time on sock projects really cuts down on the money I spend on yarns.

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The riding lesson thing went well. I like the instructor -- she knows her shit -- and I'm going back next Thursday, 5:30. It may take a while to fix the problems, but she definitely gives thirty bucks of value in an hour.

HoHI: I started to pick up gusset stitches on the heels. Yuck. DO NOT LIKE!! Totally DO NOT LIKE. I ripped back to the heel split. I'm trying again for a suitable heel treatment. NOT having one I don't like. Not. Not even to be done sooner. I have spent too much time on the HoHI to have any part of them be in the DO NOT LIKE category. I should adore every bit of these socks... so, back to the drawing board.