With X-mas hurdling very quickly in our direction, I have been swamped with present wrapping and migraine fighting (Yes, I'm aware these are not technically holiday related). Plus, I've been helping out my mom who has been fighting the flu for the past week and a half. We are unfortunately not going to be able to do X-mas dinner at my parents' house this year. Fortunately, we have two huge lasagnas we can bring over to the in-laws for dinner and catch up with family there. Not the same, but still fun.
I have been doing a bit of knitting the past week or so. Started a pair of socks for Jon, and discovered that the yarn that was sold as a sock-weight is actually more of a light-fingering weight, and does not work well as sock fabric. So, I ordered this:
from knitpicks a couple days ago. I've never ordered from them, before. I genuinely believe in supporting my LYS's, so ordering online for yarn was not the easiest decision for me. I look at it this way, though. I have only so much energy. Period. And once it's gone, it can take me quite a long time to regain it. With all the X-mas shopping I've been doing, and the prep and the migraines!!! Well, I just don't have time to run down to my LYS to buy a skien of yarn. However much I may really really want to. So, I ordered it. Yes, they undercut the local shops. Tremendously. And no, I don't like that. I also don't like having Fibromyalgia and chronic daily migraines. So, let's not get too picky here, okay?
I also found some lovelies for myself.
And last, but not least, I found this:
So, These lovelies and a couple pair of 2mm DPN's will be arriving around the 29th of December. I personally can not wait until I get this box. Yarn, arriving in the mail. What a concept! I could get used to this! What's that noise? It's my bank account crying.
Now for the whole purpose of this post. I started my sock, last night, actually. And I have managed to get quite a few rows done. I was just over at my MIL's house a couple hours ago and she mentioned that it looked awfully small and she didn't think it would fit me. I came home, slipped it onto a long cabled circular and found this:
Happy Frogging,
~j.b.
I want to try to make socks! But knowing me I'd do one sock and then be completely overwhelmed by the prospect of making ANOTHER one, so I'd end up with a bunch of single socks with no mates. Which is actually fine since generally my socks don't match anyways. Travis caught me intentionally mismatching my socks once and freaked out on me; apparently I was kicking his OCD in the nuts.
ReplyDeleteHaving loads of single socks is actually quite common in the knitting world. It's called "second sock syndrome". Which is why sometimes you see knitters wearing mis-matched socks. All hand knit, just different patterns and textures. So, Travis would LOVE that!! haha!
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