Camera Sock
The camera sock is done.
In the end, I opted to do a three needle bind off to seam the bottom, and I’m really pleased with the results. I had never done a three needle bind off before, but the Internet made it a rather painless experience.
There are really only two things about this camera sock that bother me:
1. I just can’t stand the way thin stripes look on ribbing. The purl bumps are just wrong-looking. Any sane person would have acknowledged this fact about themselves before adding two thin orange stripes, but I’ve never made any claims about my sanity.
2. Most of the weaving in of ends went just fine, but I realized about five minutes ago in looking at my work that I mistakenly took two of the black threads in the wrong direction, leading to a couple of small gaps on one of the sides. The fact that it’s on a side means that no one other than me or an extremely anal knitter(1) will ever notice it, but I assure you that it will gnaw at my soul.
On the upside, it’s functionally beautiful. The camera fits in that perfect way that can only come with a hand-knit custom job, and I no longer have any reservations about putting my camera into the outer pocket of my messenger bag.
In short, I win.