Baby socks
Well, in the footsteps of Sly, I am trying to make a pair of those cute baby worksocks for Drew. I'm thinking that this is a great small, easy project, that I can complete in the midst of starting a sweater. I was so wrong.
I have now started (over) that pair of socks approximately 12 times - I can't seem to go more than 2 rows without dropping a stitch, losing a stitch, getting a knot in my work, or making a big hole in my knitting by increasing wrong. After I'd started over 11 times, I started to think that I had now worked the yarn way too much, because I kept catching only part of the yarn on some of the stitches, and then there would be a stupid looking knotted type stitch, and I'd try to fix it, but then I'd drop the stitch and of course have to start over. On my 12th time I decided to discard the overly abused strand of wool that I had knit with all this time, and start fresh. So far so good - I have 3 rows done now, and I'm restricting my knitting of this particular project to times of complete attentiveness and sobriety.
On another note of interest I finally opened up the latest issue of Bust, with Susan Sarandon on the cover (I swore I wasn't allowed to open it until I was done the last one). Did you know that Debbie Stoller is coming out with a new Crochet book called The Happy Hooker. I can't wait - I'm definitely putting it on my xmas wish list!!
I have now started (over) that pair of socks approximately 12 times - I can't seem to go more than 2 rows without dropping a stitch, losing a stitch, getting a knot in my work, or making a big hole in my knitting by increasing wrong. After I'd started over 11 times, I started to think that I had now worked the yarn way too much, because I kept catching only part of the yarn on some of the stitches, and then there would be a stupid looking knotted type stitch, and I'd try to fix it, but then I'd drop the stitch and of course have to start over. On my 12th time I decided to discard the overly abused strand of wool that I had knit with all this time, and start fresh. So far so good - I have 3 rows done now, and I'm restricting my knitting of this particular project to times of complete attentiveness and sobriety.
On another note of interest I finally opened up the latest issue of Bust, with Susan Sarandon on the cover (I swore I wasn't allowed to open it until I was done the last one). Did you know that Debbie Stoller is coming out with a new Crochet book called The Happy Hooker. I can't wait - I'm definitely putting it on my xmas wish list!!
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