You know, there is no way that this yarn is going to last out. However, I knit on… with misplaced optimism and a healthy dose of knitterly denial. Heel turned, gusset picked up (poorly) Home straight in sight. Dreading the second (half) sock and the moment of truth. It was such a gorgeous morning …
Tag archives: Completed List 2008
Impetus
I knitted on through the REM live gig on R2 last night and am now into the third pattern rep (just) The funny thing is that I am still not disenchanted. I actually want to make progress rather than give up. I have decided that the important thing with these socks will be to keep …
Quick stepping
While I couldn’t exactly call this The Sock From Hell, I can already tell that this will be no love affair ‘twixt it and I. I also could not call this tedium per se, but the sheer slowness of progress is set to drive me barmy. I am only up to R11 of the second …
Slow, slow, slip, slip, slow
Latest project: Slippery Socks in Stroud Socrates (Arizona) from Violet Green. The yarn is fantastic and I have been saving it for the right project. Slippery Socks seem to fit the bill. I cast on last night, still rejecting Mr plumbum’s socks on a “poor light stopped play” basis. Hah! So what do I do? …
Antidote FO
I made a complete hash of the photography and need to re-do it, but will wait for a better lit day to do so. Antidote FOs. I would knit this scarf again, but certainly not in this yarn. Something silky, perhaps.
Fire Stash
The Fire stash is something of an embarrassment (Fire runs February/March – so I am on a losing streak here). Worse still, this isn’t all of it – I forgot to include some WIP yarns Fire: Red, Orange, Pink In addition to this little lot, I have the Violet Green Stroud Supersock in Red Hot …