orange and grey
it took around seven months to complete these socks, though actual knitting time was more like 8 days. i don’t know why i rush through some projects, eager to see the end, and let others languish in the pile for months on end. these were fall socks- the rich orange colour reminding me of thanksgiving and sweet potatoes. to finish in april, when i won’t be wearing wool socks for a few months- i’m sure there is some poetry there, i just can’t find it!
i spent a bit of time swatching, yesterday. i wanted to start one of the sweaters featured in the new ‘more big girl knits’ book. i, being of limited means, can only use in stash yarn and i don’t have much when it comes to sweater quantities. i was pretty pissed when my stitch gauge was dead on, but my row gauge was off by well over an inch. i’m sure if i really tried i could adjust the pattern, but i don’t trust my math skills and i hate to beg others for help. so i got mad and threw a ball of cotton ease across the room— ok, no i didn’t, but i thought about doing it. instead, after spending an hour or so clicking through my ravelry queue, i decided on eunny jang’s bayerische socks and cast on last night.
lovely, eh? that is 14 rows of twisted ribbing, one set up row and two rows of the charts. if i don’t go completely insane while knitting these socks it might just be a bit of a miracle.
a day of cross border shopping and family fun awaits me, so i better get myself together.
xo
