Shall we start with the good things or the tragedy? Might as well get the bad stuff out of the way quickly and move on to the good. It has been ages since I blogged but I haven’t been doing any blogworthy knitting. Anyway the tragedy…so last weekend I was happily working on my sweater. and I got to one point and was off a stitch. No big deal I did a non-noticable fix and moved on….Several rows later I realize that I had made one of my boxes too small and one too big so I had two diamond thingys that were off. I pondered and realized that was unexceptable since part of the charm of the sweater is the geometric pattern. I briefly considered forging ahead but my inner perfectionist told me not too. So I started to rip back. At this point that yarn had been knit up oh what was it 4 times….so I said meh and ripped it all out! I will be doing a sweater soonish, I’m just thinking of doing a quick wicked for my mom instead. I will make that cardigan since I love it that much. Just not right this instant.I must have been in a ripping mood last week since I also ripped out the half a sock I had done. It was several rows back and when I started I was just going to rip to before the mistake. I however in my infinite stupidity lost track of how many rows I had ripped so I decided…nah lets just start over. The good news is that I cast on yesterday and I am already turning the heel. I want these suckers done! I love the yarn but the yarn and pattern are not a great combination. However since I only wear them in the house…They’ll be fine. Or I might just ship them off to my granny. I told her I’d make her another pair and since I have solid ideas for the next pair….I’m thinking that these should be hers;) We’ll see. Its getting warmer so wool socks aren’t as important. Justin has been wearing the heck out of his socks. I didn’t think he’d wear them so much…but its nice to know it gets used. Lady E has grown another 10″ or so. Yet again I claim worlds slowest knitter. Actually its not that I am that slow, I just haven’t been knitting as much as I normally would. I’ve been working on my less than secret knitting project. And by the time evening comes around and I clean up from dinner its usually time for bed. I also lost four days for a trip which ended up involving very little knitting.Anyway…I’ll take some photos when I finish the socks.
