Monday, May 16, 2011 at 4:50PM An extra hour or three would be just fine.
There just aren't enough hours in the day. I sleep more than I used to (building a baby is tiring), and I'm slower at things that used to go quickly - cooking, cleaning, general self-maintenance. All of this slowing down has made a big impact on my crafting, and I'm having trouble finding any time to craft. I'm not really interested in knitting and watching TV at the same time anymore - TV all of a sudden takes all of my attention. So maybe that's why these socks were not finished in a timely manner?
Last summer, I was invited to be a test knitting for Cookie A's new book, Knit. Sock. Love. I was assigned the left sock of the In and Out pattern. So I knit that one in eight days and then for some reason waited months and months to finish the right sock.
It was cold as all get-out this weekend, despite the fact that my mom trekked six hours to help us whip our garden into shape. She was a madwoman, a force to be reckoned with, and I soothed my aching body with these wonderful socks. I love them. They were complicated and sometimes the directions confused me, but the great thing about test knitting is that you get to ask the designer questions! It turns out that I interpreted the directions differently than she meant them to be interpreted, so hopefully I was able to help.
I do enjoy a sock that is foot-specific. I knit these out of Louet Gems Pearl on, well, hmm. I'm not sure what size needles. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say US 1, but it could be 2. I'm going with 1. I have size 11 feet, so I just kept knitting until I reached the appropriate toe length. The ribbing and cables accommodate most sizes very nicely. This is definitely a pattern you have to pay attention to, which might be why it took me weeks to knit the last few inches.
We have our second childbirth class tonight. Frankly, I'd rather stay home and knit; last week's class was essentially, "You have a baby inside of you! He's going to come out!" I hope tonight's class if a little more helpful. If nothing else, I can get some sock knitting done.
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