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It almost looks like a sock!

So, I managed to knit the heel and turn it - semi correctly.  The instructions confused me once I got to the heel, 'cause they weren't very clear about how many needles to use and on which to put the stitches.  I had thought I'd figured it out, but I managed to miss a stitch at the end... don't know how it happened.

Upon re-reading the instructions, I also figured out that I did the ribbing wrong.  I need to learn to read... but that's not a big deal.  I just did a variation on the ribbing, really.  You couldn't tell that was wrong unless you read the pattern.

Broken needle

However, I was very unsure that I was knitting the heel right, and it looked very long - too long.  So, I tried it on, remembering that I had read on Cookie's blog somewhere that she knew how to bend a metal needle... putting it on a foot model with a very high instep.  Did that stop me?  No.  It only snapped when I was trying to get it off.  But, luckily, it didn't break exactly in half, and one of the halves was big enough to continue knitting after a fashion.

This is why it's good to have a lot of needles - then I could just substitute one.  However, this is my only pair of small DPNs, so I will have had to go to the store and buy a new pair.  But that's not necessarily a bad thing either, since I need to get a smaller crochet hook anyway.  Watching an action movie and knitting at the same time will result in dropped stitches.  Too many.  The smallest hook I have disappeared down the couch, so I had to use an I hook, or 5.5mm - too big for sock sized stitches.

I would really love to be able to splurge on some sort of needle set, but I'm sure those are way out of my price range - but it would be really nice for situations like this.  And also for when I want to start a project that I find a pattern for on Ravelry, and I have the yarn, but I don't have the needles.  Very frustrating.