I finally got the first Purple Needle Eater off the needles. Lots of firsts in this sock – plenty of new skills learnt. As expected, it is a bit too large. Not so large that Mr plumbum gets his mitts on them, though. 🙂 Very snuggly – will make fine house socks. I may sew …
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Ugh!
Oh, my. These toe-up heels are rather beastly. I am not having fun at all, which is a shame, because the standard heel on the cuff-down sock is tremendous fun to do.
Ludicrous
A ludicrously late night last night saw us squeezing our one puzzle solution of the day in under the 3am bar, by just five minutes, for a maximum five points. We didn’t even have time to look at the other three of yesterday’s puzzles. Feeling very dull today as a consequence and taking tings very …
Slumped
I am weary. Very, very weary. It is good to see friends but the endless round of cooking and the sleeping in strange circumstances, added to a total change of routine? It all adds up to an extreme tiredness. I knitted about two rounds of sock all week. I did get to make some silk …
A funny old day
It has been a funny old day today. I did pick up the gusset in Mr plumbum’s sock, and have knitted a few rounds on it, but haven’t found much time for it today. Instead I got to worrying about backups. Backup strategies were discussed and were mostly found wanting. I need a system that …
This and that
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 …