I’m sort of ashamed to admit this, because in the course of cleaning my craft room – and I’ve barely scratched the surface yet – I’ve discovered 4 socks sitting on needles (or stitch holders, since I apparently stole the needles for other projects – probably other socks). And I’m talking about 4 separate socks, all the first sock of the pair.<\/p>\n
But I’ve started a new pair of socks. For me! These seem like they might not be doomed to failure, because instead of 7-8 stitches\/inch the yarn is a bit thicker and knitting up at about 5.5 stitches\/inch, on slightly bigger needles, and they’re going really fast. Seriously, I cast on last night and have maybe knit for two hours between then and now, and I’m ready to turn the heel on the first one already.<\/p>\n
Only thing is, based on the state of the socks already stuck in my craft room, I don’t abandon them until I hit the ribbing on the leg (I knit them toe-up). Ribbing is one of those things that I just can’t force myself to like. It’s the necessary evil on the edges of sweaters…and the legs of socks. But I’m determined this time. These are lovely green socks, and they’re going to look marvelous when they’re done, so done they will be – and quickly, before I lose any and all motivation.<\/p>\n
And maybe, if I finish these, I can tackle all the other socks waiting so patiently in my craft room? (We won’t even go into the fact that I easily have 8-10 pairs of socks worth of sock yarn tucked in various baskets and drawers in there… Someday I should catalog all of my yarn. It might shame me into actually using it.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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