I am far more optimistic about the yardage for the Slippery Socks now. I weighed the remaining yarn and I tried the sock (which has been making progress, through slowly) on. I an 90% certain the yarn will go all the way. But I am 99% certain that these socks are going to be too …
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Casting on time
My copy of 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders has arrived. Not exactly stuffed with desirability but one or three useful patterns for ‘is fiver – and the only way that I could get hold of the laceweight fingerless glove pattern. Later on, I’ll tackle some of the hats and mittens and felted projects, from handspun. They’ll …
Slip Slidin’ Away
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 …
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? …